(Objective-C) Geolocation of IP Address

To get information about an IP address, there are various public web services that can be queried. I would also guess that paid-for services exist. In any case, it's likely the service is accessible via a REST API. This example demonstrates a few public geolocation API's, each of which may have limitations on the number of queries per hour/day/etc.

Also, please note that this example was created on 23-Sep-2016. As time goes by, the public services referenced by this example may have changed or disappeared entirely. Make sure to do your research before assuming this example will work. The intent of this example is to give a flavor of what might be possible.

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#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>

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

// The IP address used in this example is 104.40.211.35
NSString *ipAddress = @"104.40.211.35";

// First we'll try the service at freegeoip.net.
// They have a limit of 10,000 queries per hour, and also 
// provide free source code to run your own server.

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

// Connect to freegeoip.net
BOOL bTls = NO;
int port = 80;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
BOOL success = [rest Connect: @"freegeoip.net" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Query the IP address to return JSON.
NSString *responseJson = [rest FullRequestNoBody: @"GET" uriPath: @"/json/104.40.211.35"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Just in case we are still connected..
int maxWaitMs = 10;
[rest Disconnect: [NSNumber numberWithInt: maxWaitMs]];

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json Load: responseJson];
json.EmitCompact = NO;

NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);

// The JSON we get back looks like this:
// {
//   "ip": "104.40.211.35",
//   "country_code": "US",
//   "country_name": "United States",
//   "region_code": "WA",
//   "region_name": "Washington",
//   "city": "Redmond",
//   "zip_code": "98052",
//   "time_zone": "America/Los_Angeles",
//   "latitude": 47.6801,
//   "longitude": -122.1206,
//   "metro_code": 819
// }

// Examine a few bits of information:
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"country name = ",[json StringOf: @"country_name"]);
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"country code = ",[json StringOf: @"country_code"]);

// -----------------------------------------------------
// Now to use ip-api.com, which is mostly the same..

success = [rest Connect: @"ip-api.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Query the IP address to return JSON.
responseJson = [rest FullRequestNoBody: @"GET" uriPath: @"/json/104.40.211.35"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Just in case we are still connected..
[rest Disconnect: [NSNumber numberWithInt: maxWaitMs]];

[json Load: responseJson];
json.EmitCompact = NO;

NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);

// The JSON we get back looks like this:
// This is very strange, because the two services don't agree.
// {
//   "as": "AS8075 Microsoft Corporation",
//   "city": "Amsterdam",
//   "country": "Netherlands",
//   "countryCode": "NL",
//   "isp": "Microsoft Corporation",
//   "lat": 52.35,
//   "lon": 4.9167,
//   "org": "Microsoft Azure",
//   "query": "104.40.211.35",
//   "region": "NH",
//   "regionName": "North Holland",
//   "status": "success",
//   "timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam",
//   "zip": "1091"
// }

// Examine a few bits of information:
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"country name = ",[json StringOf: @"country"]);
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"country code = ",[json StringOf: @"countryCode"]);