(PowerShell) 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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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 = $http.QuickGetStr("http://api.ipstack.com/149.250.207.170?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
if ($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

# {
#   "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 -lt $count_i) {
    $json.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
}