Android™

geo.ipify.org IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

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Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the geo.ipify.org REST 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();

    // Lookup an IPv4 address: 8.8.8.8
    String jsonStr = http.quickGetStr("https://geo.ipify.org/api/v1?apiKey=API_KEY&ipAddress=8.8.8.8");
    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",
    //   "location": {
    //     "country": "IT",
    //     "region": "Lombardy",
    //     "city": "Milan",
    //     "lat": 45.4707,
    //     "lng": 9.1889,
    //     "postalCode": "20147",
    //     "timezone": "+02:00"
    //   }
    // }

    String ip;
    String locationCountry;
    String locationRegion;
    String locationCity;
    String locationLat;
    String locationLng;
    String locationPostalCode;
    String locationTimezone;

    ip = json.stringOf("ip");
    locationCountry = json.stringOf("location.country");
    locationRegion = json.stringOf("location.region");
    locationCity = json.stringOf("location.city");
    locationLat = json.stringOf("location.lat");
    locationLng = json.stringOf("location.lng");
    locationPostalCode = json.stringOf("location.postalCode");
    locationTimezone = json.stringOf("location.timezone");

  }

  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."
  }
}