(PowerShell) api.db-ip.com IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the api.db-ip.com REST API.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
$jsonStr = $http.QuickGetStr("http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/149.250.207.170")
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$success = $json.Load($jsonStr)

$($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"
# }

$ipAddress = $json.StringOf("ipAddress")
$continentCode = $json.StringOf("continentCode")
$continentName = $json.StringOf("continentName")
$countryCode = $json.StringOf("countryCode")
$countryName = $json.StringOf("countryName")
$stateProv = $json.StringOf("stateProv")
$city = $json.StringOf("city")