PowerBuilder

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. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
long li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_JsonStr
oleobject loo_Json
string ls_IpAddress
string ls_ContinentCode
string ls_ContinentName
string ls_CountryCode
string ls_CountryName
string ls_StateProv
string ls_City

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
ls_JsonStr = loo_Http.QuickGetStr("http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/149.250.207.170")
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
li_Success = loo_Json.Load(ls_JsonStr)

Write-Debug loo_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"
//  }

ls_IpAddress = loo_Json.StringOf("ipAddress")
ls_ContinentCode = loo_Json.StringOf("continentCode")
ls_ContinentName = loo_Json.StringOf("continentName")
ls_CountryCode = loo_Json.StringOf("countryCode")
ls_CountryName = loo_Json.StringOf("countryName")
ls_StateProv = loo_Json.StringOf("stateProv")
ls_City = loo_Json.StringOf("city")


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json