What python libraries can tell me approximate location and time zone given an IP address?

Question

Looking to implement better geo-location with Python.

Answer 1

Maxmind has an official api package that integrates with their geoip web service or geolite databases. You'll have to either download their free geolite database or create a free trial account.

If you register for an account you'll get $5 in promotional credit (paid queries cost about $0.0001 each). Login to your account, click on 'My License Key' and create a license key.

Then install the package:

$ pip install geoip2

And test the api:

Test function adapted from the docs

import geoip2.webservice

account_id = 1 # enter your real account id here
api_key = "enter your real api/license key here"

TEST_IP = '128.101.101.101'


def lookup_ip(ip=TEST_IP):
    # This creates a Client object that can be reused across requests.
    client = geoip2.webservice.Client(account_id, api_key)

    # Replace "insights" with the method corresponding to the web service
    # that you are using, e.g., "country", "city".
    response = client.insights(ip)

    print("country iso code: {0}".format(response.country.iso_code))

    print("country name: {0}".format(response.country.name))

    print("subdivisions most specific name: {0}".format(response.subdivisions.most_specific.name))
    print("subdivisions most specific iso code: {0}".format(response.subdivisions.most_specific.iso_code))

    print("city name: {0}".format(response.city.name))

    print("postal code:{0}".format(response.postal.code))

    print("coordinates: ({0}, {1})".format(response.location.latitude, response.location.longitude))

    return response


if __name__ == "__main__":
    resp = lookup_ip()
    input("")

Answer 2

It is not a Python lib. But http://ipinfodb.com/ provides a webservice that can be easily wrapped by Python code with urllib for example.

http://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-city/?key=<your_api_key>&ip=74.125.45.100
http://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-country/?key=<your_api_key>&ip=74.125.45.100

You need to request a free API key. See the API doc for details.

Answer 3

You may find these modules useful: MaxMind's GeoIP and its pure version, as well pytz.

Answer 4

IP API is also very nice way to do it.

import urllib

ip= '12.24.36.48'

url = 'http://ip-api.com/json/' + ip

req = urllib.request.Request(url)

out = urllib.request.urlopen(req).read()

Answer 5

I think freegeip is a good option. Below is the Python 3.4.2 code for getting location and time zone.

>>> import requests
>>> ip = '141.70.111.66'   
>>> url = 'http://freegeoip.net/json/'+ip
>>> r = requests.get(url)
>>> js = r.json()
>>> js['country_code']
'DE'
>>> js['country_name']
'Germany'
>>> js['time_zone']
'Europe/Berlin'

Answer 6

You could use requests to make a call to my service https://ipdata.co

import requests

ip = '1.1.1.1'
response = requests.get('https://api.ipdata.co/{}'.format(ip)).json()
response['time_zone']