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api.db-ip.com IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

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Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the api.db-ip.com REST API. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
Dim jsonStr As String = http.QuickGetStr("http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/149.250.207.170")
If http.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.EmitCompact = False
success = json.Load(jsonStr)

Log(json.Emit)

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

'  {
'    "ipAddress": "149.250.207.170",
'    "continentCode": "EU",
'    "continentName": "Europe",
'    "countryCode": "DE",
'    "countryName": "Germany",
'    "stateProv": "Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg",
'    "city": "B\u00f6blingen"
'  }

Dim ipAddress As String
Dim continentCode As String
Dim continentName As String
Dim countryCode As String
Dim countryName As String
Dim stateProv As String
Dim city As String

ipAddress = json.StringOf("ipAddress")
continentCode = json.StringOf("continentCode")
continentName = json.StringOf("continentName")
countryCode = json.StringOf("countryCode")
countryName = json.StringOf("countryName")
stateProv = json.StringOf("stateProv")
city = json.StringOf("city")