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Is there a console command that takes an IP address as an input and shows its geographical information like city, country, ISP, etc.?

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Is there a console command that takes an IP address as an input and shows its geographical information like city, country, ISP, etc.?

command-line ip

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Is there a console command that takes an IP address as an input and shows its geographical information like city, country, ISP, etc.?

command-line ip

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The command is the easy part, the difficult part is having access to a database.

For example, Ubuntu has a free database with a command line query tool (geoiplookup) in the geoip-bin package. But it only shows country information, and uses a static (hence out-of-date) database. This tool can also query the MaxMind GeoIP database, if you have a subscription there.

There are various GeoIP databases that you can look up. They're generally meant to be viewed through a web browser, but you can look for a scraping script. For example, here's a ruby script to retrieve data from the MaxMind database. Note that scraping may be against the database's terms of service.

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  just used the ubuntu geoiplookup and it is good enough.
  
  – BuZain
  Feb 15 '11 at 17:57
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  CentOS# yum install GeoIP
  
  – zmonteca
  Jul 1 '14 at 22:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @StephenRauch Thanks but please use the official replacement for the broken bit.ly link: hostmar.co/software-small
  
  – Gilles
  Apr 3 '17 at 0:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @StephenRauch The apt link only works with a browser plug-in that's part of the default Ubuntu installation but rarely installed otherwise.
  
  – Gilles
  Apr 3 '17 at 0:29
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  These are in Homebrew for Mac as well: geoipupdate; geoiplookup ...
  
  – Pysis
  Nov 25 '18 at 17:06
  

  
  
  
  

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58

This trick is even nicer and doesn't require any external packages:

curl ipinfo.io/23.66.166.151

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

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  In case ipinfo.io gets offline someday, ifconfig.me provides a similar service (plus a REST-like API). But ifonfo.io seems much faster.
  
  – cedbeu
  Mar 5 '15 at 15:48
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  $ host yourdomain.com | cut -d ' ' -f 4 | curl ipinfo.io/$1
  
  – zmonteca
  Mar 22 '16 at 15:57
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  ipinfo.io is free for 1000 requests/day (see their pricing documentation).
  
  – Matthieu
  Nov 14 '16 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Another alternative: curl ipinfo.io/$(dig +short yourdomain.com)
  
  – John Red
  Dec 7 '16 at 17:00
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If someone ever hits the ceiling on the ipinfo.io API (lucky you?), there is also freegeoip.net which has a mind-blowing 15,000 requests per hour limit. (Which under the hood seems to be running the geoiplookup from the other answers)
  
  – samthecodingman
  Mar 9 '17 at 13:52
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
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Here's another great option. Instructions here: http://kbeezie.com/geoiplookup-command-line/

For example, on Centos:

$ sudo yum install GeoIP GeoIP-data

$ geoiplookup 8.8.4.4

Works perfectly.

And of course, you can always set this up as a cron:

$ /usr/bin/geoipupdate

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

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answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

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  geoipupdate is a MaxMind tool, you need a subscription and the licence key on /etc/GeoIP.conf. I couldn't use the free alternative (Received an unexpected HTTP status code of 401).
  
  – Pablo Bianchi
  Mar 9 '18 at 22:47
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

-1

Or use whois

$ whois 8.8.8.8 |grep country -i -m 1 |cut -d ':' -f 2 |xargs
US

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27

The command is the easy part, the difficult part is having access to a database.

For example, Ubuntu has a free database with a command line query tool (geoiplookup) in the geoip-bin package. But it only shows country information, and uses a static (hence out-of-date) database. This tool can also query the MaxMind GeoIP database, if you have a subscription there.

There are various GeoIP databases that you can look up. They're generally meant to be viewed through a web browser, but you can look for a scraping script. For example, here's a ruby script to retrieve data from the MaxMind database. Note that scraping may be against the database's terms of service.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 3 '17 at 0:22

answered Feb 14 '11 at 20:01

GillesGilles

559k13411471657

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  just used the ubuntu geoiplookup and it is good enough.
  
  – BuZain
  Feb 15 '11 at 17:57
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  CentOS# yum install GeoIP
  
  – zmonteca
  Jul 1 '14 at 22:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @StephenRauch Thanks but please use the official replacement for the broken bit.ly link: hostmar.co/software-small
  
  – Gilles
  Apr 3 '17 at 0:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @StephenRauch The apt link only works with a browser plug-in that's part of the default Ubuntu installation but rarely installed otherwise.
  
  – Gilles
  Apr 3 '17 at 0:29
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  These are in Homebrew for Mac as well: geoipupdate; geoiplookup ...
  
  – Pysis
  Nov 25 '18 at 17:06
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

27

The command is the easy part, the difficult part is having access to a database.

For example, Ubuntu has a free database with a command line query tool (geoiplookup) in the geoip-bin package. But it only shows country information, and uses a static (hence out-of-date) database. This tool can also query the MaxMind GeoIP database, if you have a subscription there.

There are various GeoIP databases that you can look up. They're generally meant to be viewed through a web browser, but you can look for a scraping script. For example, here's a ruby script to retrieve data from the MaxMind database. Note that scraping may be against the database's terms of service.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 3 '17 at 0:22

answered Feb 14 '11 at 20:01

GillesGilles

559k13411471657

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  just used the ubuntu geoiplookup and it is good enough.
  
  – BuZain
  Feb 15 '11 at 17:57
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  CentOS# yum install GeoIP
  
  – zmonteca
  Jul 1 '14 at 22:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @StephenRauch Thanks but please use the official replacement for the broken bit.ly link: hostmar.co/software-small
  
  – Gilles
  Apr 3 '17 at 0:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @StephenRauch The apt link only works with a browser plug-in that's part of the default Ubuntu installation but rarely installed otherwise.
  
  – Gilles
  Apr 3 '17 at 0:29
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  These are in Homebrew for Mac as well: geoipupdate; geoiplookup ...
  
  – Pysis
  Nov 25 '18 at 17:06
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

The command is the easy part, the difficult part is having access to a database.

For example, Ubuntu has a free database with a command line query tool (geoiplookup) in the geoip-bin package. But it only shows country information, and uses a static (hence out-of-date) database. This tool can also query the MaxMind GeoIP database, if you have a subscription there.

There are various GeoIP databases that you can look up. They're generally meant to be viewed through a web browser, but you can look for a scraping script. For example, here's a ruby script to retrieve data from the MaxMind database. Note that scraping may be against the database's terms of service.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 3 '17 at 0:22

answered Feb 14 '11 at 20:01

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answered Feb 14 '11 at 20:01

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answered Feb 14 '11 at 20:01

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58

This trick is even nicer and doesn't require any external packages:

curl ipinfo.io/23.66.166.151

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

drs

3,35862961

answered Jul 1 '14 at 23:01

zmontecazmonteca

681153

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  In case ipinfo.io gets offline someday, ifconfig.me provides a similar service (plus a REST-like API). But ifonfo.io seems much faster.
  
  – cedbeu
  Mar 5 '15 at 15:48
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  $ host yourdomain.com | cut -d ' ' -f 4 | curl ipinfo.io/$1
  
  – zmonteca
  Mar 22 '16 at 15:57
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  ipinfo.io is free for 1000 requests/day (see their pricing documentation).
  
  – Matthieu
  Nov 14 '16 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Another alternative: curl ipinfo.io/$(dig +short yourdomain.com)
  
  – John Red
  Dec 7 '16 at 17:00
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If someone ever hits the ceiling on the ipinfo.io API (lucky you?), there is also freegeoip.net which has a mind-blowing 15,000 requests per hour limit. (Which under the hood seems to be running the geoiplookup from the other answers)
  
  – samthecodingman
  Mar 9 '17 at 13:52
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 4 more comments

58

This trick is even nicer and doesn't require any external packages:

curl ipinfo.io/23.66.166.151

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

drs

3,35862961

answered Jul 1 '14 at 23:01

zmontecazmonteca

681153

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  In case ipinfo.io gets offline someday, ifconfig.me provides a similar service (plus a REST-like API). But ifonfo.io seems much faster.
  
  – cedbeu
  Mar 5 '15 at 15:48
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  $ host yourdomain.com | cut -d ' ' -f 4 | curl ipinfo.io/$1
  
  – zmonteca
  Mar 22 '16 at 15:57
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  ipinfo.io is free for 1000 requests/day (see their pricing documentation).
  
  – Matthieu
  Nov 14 '16 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Another alternative: curl ipinfo.io/$(dig +short yourdomain.com)
  
  – John Red
  Dec 7 '16 at 17:00
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If someone ever hits the ceiling on the ipinfo.io API (lucky you?), there is also freegeoip.net which has a mind-blowing 15,000 requests per hour limit. (Which under the hood seems to be running the geoiplookup from the other answers)
  
  – samthecodingman
  Mar 9 '17 at 13:52
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 4 more comments

This trick is even nicer and doesn't require any external packages:

curl ipinfo.io/23.66.166.151

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

drs

3,35862961

answered Jul 1 '14 at 23:01

zmontecazmonteca

681153

curl ipinfo.io/23.66.166.151

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

drs

3,35862961

answered Jul 1 '14 at 23:01

zmontecazmonteca

681153

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

drs

3,35862961

edited Jul 1 '14 at 23:41

drs

3,35862961

answered Jul 1 '14 at 23:01

zmontecazmonteca

681153

answered Jul 1 '14 at 23:01

zmontecazmonteca

681153

8

Here's another great option. Instructions here: http://kbeezie.com/geoiplookup-command-line/

For example, on Centos:

$ sudo yum install GeoIP GeoIP-data

$ geoiplookup 8.8.4.4

Works perfectly.

And of course, you can always set this up as a cron:

$ /usr/bin/geoipupdate

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

slm♦

261k72564711

answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

zingerzinger

8112

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  geoipupdate is a MaxMind tool, you need a subscription and the licence key on /etc/GeoIP.conf. I couldn't use the free alternative (Received an unexpected HTTP status code of 401).
  
  – Pablo Bianchi
  Mar 9 '18 at 22:47
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

8

Here's another great option. Instructions here: http://kbeezie.com/geoiplookup-command-line/

For example, on Centos:

$ sudo yum install GeoIP GeoIP-data

$ geoiplookup 8.8.4.4

Works perfectly.

And of course, you can always set this up as a cron:

$ /usr/bin/geoipupdate

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

slm♦

261k72564711

answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

zingerzinger

8112

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  geoipupdate is a MaxMind tool, you need a subscription and the licence key on /etc/GeoIP.conf. I couldn't use the free alternative (Received an unexpected HTTP status code of 401).
  
  – Pablo Bianchi
  Mar 9 '18 at 22:47
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Here's another great option. Instructions here: http://kbeezie.com/geoiplookup-command-line/

For example, on Centos:

$ sudo yum install GeoIP GeoIP-data

$ geoiplookup 8.8.4.4

Works perfectly.

And of course, you can always set this up as a cron:

$ /usr/bin/geoipupdate

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

slm♦

261k72564711

answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

zingerzinger

8112

$ sudo yum install GeoIP GeoIP-data

$ geoiplookup 8.8.4.4

$ /usr/bin/geoipupdate

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

slm♦

261k72564711

answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

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edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

slm♦

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edited Sep 30 '15 at 2:59

slm♦

261k72564711

answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

zingerzinger

8112

answered Apr 25 '15 at 6:01

zingerzinger

8112

-1

Or use whois

$ whois 8.8.8.8 |grep country -i -m 1 |cut -d ':' -f 2 |xargs
US

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answered 2 hours ago

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-1

Or use whois

$ whois 8.8.8.8 |grep country -i -m 1 |cut -d ':' -f 2 |xargs
US

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

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Or use whois

$ whois 8.8.8.8 |grep country -i -m 1 |cut -d ':' -f 2 |xargs
US

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answered 2 hours ago

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answered 2 hours ago

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