Get information about an IP address such as country, ISP, and timezone. First have a look at the following example and then continue to read how it works.

Example

Module dbip promises a Javascript object.

var dbip = require('dbip')

dbip('143.176.113.73').then(info => {
	console.log(info)
})

Output

Variable info looks like this:

{
    "IP Address": "143.176.113.73",
    "Address type": "IPv4",
    "ISP": "Svianned",
    "Connection type": "Dsl",
    "Organization": "Tele2 Nederland B.V.",
    "Timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam (UTC+2)",
    "Local time": "",
    "Country": "Netherlands",
    "State / Region": "Drenthe",
    "District / County": "Assen",
    "City": "Assen (Tele2)",
    "Coordinates": "52.997, 6.56675"
}

How does it work?

Module dbip sends a HTTP request to https://db-ip.com using module request (simplified http request client) and then uses Cheerio (server side jQuery implementation) to find the DOM elements we need.

Disclaimer

As a developer you understand that IP geolocation lookups like this are not always accurate. Because the info object is extracted from a page DOM, the module may no longer work if the website changes its page structure. If that happens, send me an email and I will fix it. (jochemstoel(@)gmail.com)

Jochem Stoel

Involuntary public figure.