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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.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    const wchar_t *jsonStr;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    const wchar_t *ipAddress;
    const wchar_t *continentCode;
    const wchar_t *continentName;
    const wchar_t *countryCode;
    const wchar_t *countryName;
    const wchar_t *stateProv;
    const wchar_t *city;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
    jsonStr = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,L"http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/149.250.207.170");
    if (CkHttpW_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    success = CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,jsonStr);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));

    // 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 = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"ipAddress");
    continentCode = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"continentCode");
    continentName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"continentName");
    countryCode = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"countryCode");
    countryName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"countryName");
    stateProv = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"stateProv");
    city = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"city");


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);

    }