(SQL Server) ip-api.com IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

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

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// Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
//
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
    DECLARE @jsonStr nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetStr', @jsonStr OUT, 'http://ip-api.com/json/149.250.207.170'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @jsonStr

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Sample output:
    -- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    -- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    -- {
    --   "as": "AS15854 Hewlett Packard GmbH",
    --   "city": "Bblingen",
    --   "country": "Germany",
    --   "countryCode": "DE",
    --   "isp": "Triaton Frankfurt",
    --   "lat": 48.6779,
    --   "lon": 8.97297,
    --   "org": "EntServ Deutschland GmbH",
    --   "query": "149.250.207.170",
    --   "region": "BW",
    --   "regionName": "Baden-Wrttemberg",
    --   "status": "success",
    --   "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
    --   "zip": "71034"
    -- }

    DECLARE @as nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @city nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @country nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @countryCode nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @isp nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @lat nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @lon nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @org nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @query nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @region nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @regionName nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @status nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @timezone nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @zip nvarchar(4000)

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @as OUT, 'as'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @city OUT, 'city'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @country OUT, 'country'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @countryCode OUT, 'countryCode'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @isp OUT, 'isp'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @lat OUT, 'lat'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @lon OUT, 'lon'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @org OUT, 'org'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @query OUT, 'query'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @region OUT, 'region'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @regionName OUT, 'regionName'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @status OUT, 'status'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @timezone OUT, 'timezone'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @zip OUT, 'zip'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json


END
GO