(Lianja) ipstack.com IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the ipstack.com REST API.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
lcJsonStr = loHttp.QuickGetStr("http://api.ipstack.com/149.250.207.170?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    return
endif

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
llSuccess = loJson.Load(lcJsonStr)

? loJson.Emit()

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

// {
//   "ip": "149.250.207.170",
//   "type": "ipv4",
//   "continent_code": "EU",
//   "continent_name": "Europe",
//   "country_code": "DE",
//   "country_name": "Germany",
//   "region_code": null,
//   "region_name": null,
//   "city": null,
//   "zip": null,
//   "latitude": 51.2993,
//   "longitude": 9.491,
//   "location": {
//     "geoname_id": null,
//     "capital": "Berlin",
//     "languages": [
//       {
//         "code": "de",
//         "name": "German",
//         "native": "Deutsch"
//       }
//     ],
//     "country_flag": "http:\/\/assets.ipstack.com\/flags\/de.svg",
//     "country_flag_emoji": "\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea",
//     "country_flag_emoji_unicode": "U+1F1E9 U+1F1EA",
//     "calling_code": "49",
//     "is_eu": true
//   }
// }

lcIp = loJson.StringOf("ip")
lcV_type = loJson.StringOf("type")
lcContinent_code = loJson.StringOf("continent_code")
lcContinent_name = loJson.StringOf("continent_name")
lcCountry_code = loJson.StringOf("country_code")
lcCountry_name = loJson.StringOf("country_name")
lcRegion_code = loJson.StringOf("region_code")
lcRegion_name = loJson.StringOf("region_name")
lcCity = loJson.StringOf("city")
lcZip = loJson.StringOf("zip")
lcLatitude = loJson.StringOf("latitude")
lcLongitude = loJson.StringOf("longitude")
lcLocationGeoname_id = loJson.StringOf("location.geoname_id")
lcLocationCapital = loJson.StringOf("location.capital")
lcLocationCountry_flag = loJson.StringOf("location.country_flag")
lcLocationCountry_flag_emoji = loJson.StringOf("location.country_flag_emoji")
lcLocationCountry_flag_emoji_unicode = loJson.StringOf("location.country_flag_emoji_unicode")
lcLocationCalling_code = loJson.StringOf("location.calling_code")
llLocationIs_eu = loJson.BoolOf("location.is_eu")
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJson.SizeOfArray("location.languages")
do while i < lnCount_i
    loJson.I = i
    lcCode = loJson.StringOf("location.languages[i].code")
    lcName = loJson.StringOf("location.languages[i].name")
    lcNative = loJson.StringOf("location.languages[i].native")
    i = i + 1
enddo


release loHttp
release loJson