Abstract IP Geolocation

About Abstract IP Geolocation

The Abstract IP Geolocation API returns city, region, country, and coordinate data for a given IP address, covering more than 4 billion IPv4 and IPv6 addresses across over 250,000 cities. A request takes an IP address and API key and returns a JSON response with fields including city, region, postal code, country, continent, latitude/longitude, timezone, currency, and security flags such as whether the IP is associated with a VPN. The database is updated daily to account for reassigned and newly allocated IP ranges.

The service is aimed at developers building applications that need location data tied to IP addresses, such as for personalization, fraud detection, or traffic analysis. It supports high-volume lookups with auto-scaling infrastructure and is described as GDPR and SOC 2 compliant.

A free tier is available without a credit card, and the product is part of a broader suite of APIs from the same provider covering email validation, phone validation, and other IP-related tools such as VPN, proxy, and Tor detection.

Key features

• Geolocates IP addresses to city, region, country, and lat/long with sub-20ms responses
• Covers 4 billion+ IPv4 and IPv6 addresses across 250,000+ cities
• Flags VPN, proxy, Tor, and mobile connections on every response
• Returns rich data including timezone, currency, postal code, and flag
• Database refreshes daily to keep reassigned and newly allocated IP ranges accurate
• Auto-scaling infrastructure handles high-volume traffic spikes

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