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How to Use the
IPstack API

Learn how to integrate IPstack API into your geolocation or geofencing applications with our comprehensive and quick guide.
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Get Started in Three Simple Steps

From signup to your first API call in under 2 minutes.
1

Sign Up & Get Your API Key

Create your free IPstack account and receive your unique access key instantly.
2

Make Your First API Call

Use our Postman collection, or make requests directly in your browser, or use your preferred API client to get IP geolocation data in JSON format.
3

Fraud Prevention

Detect suspicious activities and prevent fraud with location intelligence.

Code Snippets and Integrations

Ready-to-use code snippets in your favorite programming languages.

				
					
const url = "https://api.ipstack.com/134.201.250.155?access_key={PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE}&callback=MY_FUNCTION";
const options = {
    method: "GET",
};

try {
    const response = await fetch(url, options);
    const result = await response.text();
    console.log(result);
} catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
}
				
			
				
					
import axios from "axios";

const options = {
    method: "GET",
    url: "https://api.ipstack.com/134.201.250.155?access_key={PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE}&callback=MY_FUNCTION",
};

try {
    const response = await axios.request(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
}
				
			
				
					
import requests

url = "https://api.ipstack.com/134.201.250.155?access_key={PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE}&callback=MY_FUNCTION"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
				
			
				
					
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.ipstack.com")

conn.request("GET", "/134.201.250.155?access_key={PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE}&callback=MY_FUNCTION")

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

What You Can Do with IPstack API

IPstack API provides everything you need to build location-aware applications with ease and precision.
  • Get location data (country, region, city, coordinates)
  • Access ISP and connection information
  • Detect security threats and proxy usage
  • Retrieve timezone and currency data
  • Bulk IP lookups for processing multiple IPs
  • HTTPS encryption for secure requests
IPstack Endpoints

GET api.ipstack.com/{ip}

Standard IP lookup

GET api.ipstack.com/check

Lookup visitor’s IP

GET api.ipstack.com/{ip1,ip2,...}

Bulk IP lookup