Android™

ip2location.io GeoLocation API

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Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the ip2location.io GeoLocation API. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Note: This is not a real API key.  Replace with your own...
    http.SetUrlVar("api_key","2C312FBC9E667E5A0211F5152E5A1333");
    http.SetUrlVar("ip_address","8.8.8.8");

    // Note: When first creating an ip2location.io account, make sure to at least subscribe to the free access.
    // Otherwise your API key will not yet work..
    String jsonStr = http.quickGetStr("https://api.ip2location.io/?key={$api_key}&ip={$ip_address}&format=json");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    success = json.Load(jsonStr);

    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // Sample output:
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "ip": "8.8.8.8",
    //   "country_code": "US",
    //   "country_name": "United States of America",
    //   "region_name": "California",
    //   "city_name": "Mountain View",
    //   "latitude": 37.405992,
    //   "longitude": -122.078515,
    //   "zip_code": "94043",
    //   "time_zone": "-07:00",
    //   "asn": "15169",
    //   "as": "Google LLC",
    //   "is_proxy": false
    // }

    String ip = json.stringOf("ip");
    String country_code = json.stringOf("country_code");
    String country_name = json.stringOf("country_name");
    String region_name = json.stringOf("region_name");
    String city_name = json.stringOf("city_name");
    String latitude = json.stringOf("latitude");
    String longitude = json.stringOf("longitude");
    String zip_code = json.stringOf("zip_code");
    String time_zone = json.stringOf("time_zone");
    String asn = json.stringOf("asn");
    String v_as = json.stringOf("as");
    boolean is_proxy = json.BoolOf("is_proxy");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}