IP Geolocation Without an API Key — Country, City, ISP in One Call

ip-api.com provides free IP geolocation with no key needed.

One API Call

http://ip-api.com/json/8.8.8.8?fields=country,city,isp,org,as,proxy,hosting

What You Get

• Country, city, region, zip
• ISP and organization
• ASN (Autonomous System Number)
• Latitude/longitude
• Timezone and UTC offset
• VPN/proxy detection — identifies if IP is a proxy or hosting
• Mobile detection — identifies mobile IPs

Rate Limit

45 requests/minute on free tier. For batch processing, use the batch endpoint.

Use Cases

• Security: detect VPN/proxy usage
• Analytics: geolocate your visitors
• Fraud detection: flag suspicious IPs
• Content: serve region-specific content

I built an IP Geolocation tool on Apify that also resolves domains to IPs — search knotless_cadence ip-geolocation.