Overview
IPGEO is a free, no-authentication IP geolocation API that returns detailed information about any IP address, including country, region, city, and ISP. It imposes no strict rate limits on free usage, making it suitable for learning and small projects. Simply pass an IP in the URL to get a JSON response instantly.
Beginner Tip
You can embed the IP directly in the URL path with no API key required. This makes it one of the fastest APIs to test during development.
Measurement Record
What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.
- Request
- GET https://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/8.8.8.8
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 415 bytes · compressed
- Response time
- 34 ms (median of 3) · fastest 33 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 · certificate issued by Google Trust Services
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
- Served by
- cloudflare
- Recorded
- 2026-08-10
Fields Returned
Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.
| Field | Type | Value received |
|---|---|---|
| status | string | success |
| continent | string | North America |
| country | string | United States |
| countryCode | string | US |
| regionName | string | Virginia |
| city | string | Ashburn |
| zip | string | 20149 |
| lat | number | 39.03 |
| lon | number | -77.5 |
| timezone | string | America/New_York |
| currency | string | USD |
| isp | string | Google LLC |
| org | string | Google Public DNS |
| as | string | AS15169 Google LLC |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/8.8.8.8 on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
{
"status": "success",
"continent": "North America",
"country": "United States",
"countryCode": "US",
"regionName": "Virginia",
"city": "Ashburn",
"zip": "20149",
"lat": 39.03,
"lon": -77.5,
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"currency": "USD",
"isp": "Google LLC",
"org": "Google Public DNS",
"as": "AS15169 Google LLC",
"…": "(7 more fields)"
} Field Reference
status success if the lookup succeeded, otherwise an error message. country Full country name for the IP address. countryCode Two-letter ISO country code, e.g. DE for Germany. regionName State or region name where the IP is located. city City name associated with the IP address. isp Name of the Internet Service Provider for the IP. Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://api.techniknews.net/ipgeo/";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
How This API Fails
We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.
{
"error": "invalid ip"
} Common Errors & Troubleshooting
Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.
Measured Score Breakdown
Live HTTP request to the API endpoint
Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026
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