IP2Location IP Geolocation

Name: IP2Location IP Geolocation API
Brand: IP2Location IP Geolocation
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★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentData EnrichmentAddress ValidationapiKey1 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Resolve any IP address to country, city, ISP, time zone, ASN, and usage type so an agent can enrich logs or apply geo and risk rules.

Connect the IP2Location IP Geolocation to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the IP2Location IP Geolocation, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Install Jentic One Beta (Self-Hosted)

Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with IP2Location IP Geolocation API.

Resolve any IPv4 or IPv6 address to country, region, city, and postal code

Return ISP, domain, ASN, and connection type for an IP address

Look up the time zone offset and observed daylight-saving rules for an IP

Return the usage type that classifies an IP as residential, mobile, hosting, or other

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View OpenAPI Document

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for IP2Location IP Geolocation, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

IP2Location IP Geolocation is a hosted service that performs reverse lookups on an IPv4 or IPv6 address and returns the country, region, city, latitude and longitude, ZIP or postal code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, mobile carrier, ASN, weather station, elevation, and usage type. The single-endpoint surface is keyed by an API key and accepts a 'package' parameter that selects how many fields are returned, from a basic country lookup through to a full geolocation profile. It is a long-standing alternative to MaxMind for teams that want a simple HTTPS lookup over a managed dataset.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use IP2Location IP Geolocation API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Compliance and Geo-Restriction

Compliance teams can call the lookup with a smaller package size to confirm visitor country and apply jurisdiction rules at the edge, then call the larger package only when the basic check is ambiguous. The package selector keeps the cost and payload aligned with the actual decision being made.

Look up the country code for a visitor IP using the WS1 package and return whether the country sits inside the EU.

Log Enrichment for Analytics

Analytics pipelines can batch IPs from access logs, call the lookup once per IP with a richer package such as WS24 to add ISP, ASN, and usage type, and then aggregate the result into per-region dashboards. The single-endpoint design keeps the integration small.

For each unique IP in a log file, call IP2Location with package WS24 and write the country, ISP, and usage type back to the row.

Trust and Safety Triage

Risk teams can use the usage type field to flag traffic from hosting providers or commercial VPN ASNs, then escalate accounts whose recent logins shift between mobile carrier and hosting in short windows. IP2Location returns the ASN and usage type in the same response so triage stays a single API call.

Look up an IP and return a risk verdict if usage type is 'DCH' (data center) or the ASN matches a known commercial VPN provider.

Agent-Driven IP Enrichment

An AI agent connected via Jentic can enrich a list of suspect IPs with country, city, ISP, ASN, and usage type by issuing one search query through Jentic. The agent does not need to remember the package codes; Jentic surfaces the right input schema with the package parameter described.

For each IP in a list of 25, call IP2Location with package WS25 via Jentic and return a JSON summary keyed by IP.

Key Endpoints

1 endpoints — ip2location ip geolocation is a hosted service that performs reverse lookups on an ipv4 or ipv6 address and returns the country, region, city, latitude and longitude, zip or postal code, time zone, isp, domain name, connection type, mobile carrier, asn, weather station, elevation, and usage type.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

Reverse IP lookup with package-controlled response

GET

Reverse IP lookup with package-controlled response

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

The IP2Location API key is stored encrypted in the Jentic vault and injected as the 'key' query parameter at execution time, so the raw key never enters the agent context or logs.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent ('geolocate an IP', 'look up ASN') and Jentic returns the IP2Location operation with the package parameter exposed so the agent can pick the right response shape.

Time to first call

Direct integration: a couple of hours including key handling and package selection. Through Jentic: a few minutes for the search, load, and execute loop.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

IP2Location.io

IP2Location.io is the modern hosted variant from the same vendor with a JSON-first response and proxy detection.

Pick IP2Location.io for new builds with proxy detection bundled in; pick this api.ip2location.com surface when the package selector matters for cost control.

Alternative

ip-api

ip-api offers a free, no-key geolocation tier that covers the basic country, city, and ISP fields.

Pick ip-api when no API key is available and the use case is non-commercial; pick IP2Location for paid commercial usage and richer data.

Complementary

IP2Proxy

IP2Proxy adds anonymous proxy, VPN, and TOR detection that the geolocation API does not surface.

Use IP2Proxy alongside the geolocation API when you need to flag anonymising networks in addition to location.

FAQs

Specific to using IP2Location IP Geolocation API through Jentic.

What authentication does the IP2Location IP Geolocation API use?

The endpoint accepts an API key as a query parameter named 'key'. Through Jentic the key is held in the encrypted vault and appended at execution time so the raw key does not reach the agent context.

Can I look up an IP and choose how much data is returned?

Yes. The 'package' query parameter selects the response shape, from WS1 (country only) up to richer packages that add ISP, ASN, usage type, weather, and mobile carrier. Choose the smallest package that answers the question to keep cost and payload down.

Does the IP2Location API support IPv6?

Yes. The same endpoint accepts IPv4 and IPv6 addresses; the response fields are the same shape for both, so an agent does not need to branch on the address family.

What are the rate limits for the IP2Location IP Geolocation API?

Throughput is governed by the credit balance on the API key rather than a per-minute rate limit; each lookup consumes credits scaled by the chosen package. Usage and remaining credits are visible in the IP2Location account dashboard.

How do I geolocate an IP through Jentic?

Search Jentic for 'geolocate an IP with IP2Location', load the schema for GET /, and execute with the ip and package parameters. Run pip install jentic, then await client.search, await client.load, await client.execute.

What does usage type tell me about an IP?

Usage type classifies the IP into categories such as residential (RES), commercial (COM), data center (DCH), mobile (MOB), and education (EDU), which is useful for risk and abuse triage. Pick a package that includes the usage_type field when this matters.