(Perl) 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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use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
$jsonStr = $http->quickGetStr("http://api.ipstack.com/149.250.207.170?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
$success = $json->Load($jsonStr);

print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# 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
#   }
# }

$ip = $json->stringOf("ip");
$v_type = $json->stringOf("type");
$continent_code = $json->stringOf("continent_code");
$continent_name = $json->stringOf("continent_name");
$country_code = $json->stringOf("country_code");
$country_name = $json->stringOf("country_name");
$region_code = $json->stringOf("region_code");
$region_name = $json->stringOf("region_name");
$city = $json->stringOf("city");
$zip = $json->stringOf("zip");
$latitude = $json->stringOf("latitude");
$longitude = $json->stringOf("longitude");
$locationGeoname_id = $json->stringOf("location.geoname_id");
$locationCapital = $json->stringOf("location.capital");
$locationCountry_flag = $json->stringOf("location.country_flag");
$locationCountry_flag_emoji = $json->stringOf("location.country_flag_emoji");
$locationCountry_flag_emoji_unicode = $json->stringOf("location.country_flag_emoji_unicode");
$locationCalling_code = $json->stringOf("location.calling_code");
$locationIs_eu = $json->BoolOf("location.is_eu");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("location.languages");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $code = $json->stringOf("location.languages[i].code");
    $name = $json->stringOf("location.languages[i].name");
    $native = $json->stringOf("location.languages[i].native");
    $i = $i + 1;
}