(PowerBuilder) 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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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_JsonStr
oleobject loo_Json
integer li_Success
string ls_Ip
string ls_V_type
string ls_Continent_code
string ls_Continent_name
string ls_Country_code
string ls_Country_name
string ls_Region_code
string ls_Region_name
string ls_City
string ls_Zip
string ls_Latitude
string ls_Longitude
string ls_LocationGeoname_id
string ls_LocationCapital
string ls_LocationCountry_flag
string ls_LocationCountry_flag_emoji
string ls_LocationCountry_flag_emoji_unicode
string ls_LocationCalling_code
integer li_LocationIs_eu
integer i
integer li_Count_i
string ls_Code
string ls_Name
string ls_Native

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
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.ipstack.com/149.250.207.170?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
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

// {
//   "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
//   }
// }

ls_Ip = loo_Json.StringOf("ip")
ls_V_type = loo_Json.StringOf("type")
ls_Continent_code = loo_Json.StringOf("continent_code")
ls_Continent_name = loo_Json.StringOf("continent_name")
ls_Country_code = loo_Json.StringOf("country_code")
ls_Country_name = loo_Json.StringOf("country_name")
ls_Region_code = loo_Json.StringOf("region_code")
ls_Region_name = loo_Json.StringOf("region_name")
ls_City = loo_Json.StringOf("city")
ls_Zip = loo_Json.StringOf("zip")
ls_Latitude = loo_Json.StringOf("latitude")
ls_Longitude = loo_Json.StringOf("longitude")
ls_LocationGeoname_id = loo_Json.StringOf("location.geoname_id")
ls_LocationCapital = loo_Json.StringOf("location.capital")
ls_LocationCountry_flag = loo_Json.StringOf("location.country_flag")
ls_LocationCountry_flag_emoji = loo_Json.StringOf("location.country_flag_emoji")
ls_LocationCountry_flag_emoji_unicode = loo_Json.StringOf("location.country_flag_emoji_unicode")
ls_LocationCalling_code = loo_Json.StringOf("location.calling_code")
li_LocationIs_eu = loo_Json.BoolOf("location.is_eu")
i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("location.languages")
do while i < li_Count_i
    loo_Json.I = i
    ls_Code = loo_Json.StringOf("location.languages[i].code")
    ls_Name = loo_Json.StringOf("location.languages[i].name")
    ls_Native = loo_Json.StringOf("location.languages[i].native")
    i = i + 1
loop


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json