Are you able to flag an IP address as an IP coming from a VPN?
This is something we'd really like to add to our API and something we're working on.
Are you able to flag if the IP is from a TOR network?
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#72Tangential but I find it funny that such a simple service has libraries for so many different languages. Is one simple HTTP call and JSON deserialization that hard? Personally I'd be more concerned about bringing yet another 3rd party module (leftpad, security, maintenance) than doing GET + JSON.parse but maybe convenience is what's most important.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is something we'd really like to add to our API and something we're working on.
Are you able to flag if the IP is from a TOR network?
You can see all the datapoints we provide by visiting our homepage https://ipdata.co or by making a call in your terminal via curl https://api.ipdata.co
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#74Looks very cool and I'm going to give the free tier a try on a project. But this concerns me: > Can I update my card details? > Yes. Send an email to support@ipdata.co. Your request will be processed within 24hrs. What is your process there? You're not asking people to send credit card information via email, right?
Definitely not! :) We'd send you a unique link to a page where you can update your details. We'd never expose your credit card information in that manner.
Good to hear, but I'd still be a bit concerned that the wording above might lead some inexperienced/not-security-conscious person to send you their details via email outright.
Re: Show HN: A New, Clean Geolocation API
#75Tangential but I find it funny that such a simple service has libraries for so many different languages. Is one simple HTTP call and JSON deserialization that hard? Personally I'd be more concerned about bringing yet another 3rd party module (leftpad, security, maintenance) than doing GET + JSON.parse but maybe convenience is what's most important.
One of the first things people tend to look at for an API is whether or not there's a library that makes integration as easy as possible. One HTTP call and JSON deserialization is often more thought and effort than people want to put in.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a very intriguing idea. I'm definitely going to look into the mechanics of this. I don't know if it'd make it possible to have them in different sizes, but thanks for this! I'm definitely going to look into adding a field with this.
Well they are characters so they are in different sizes by design (like vector graphics). For the reference here you have one with description how they are generated: https://emojipedia.org/flag-for-united-states/
Thanks, will check it out.
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#77I host my own instance of https://freegeoip.net . Any advantages this would have over that?
Hi Kasbah, :) Several. - The Global infrastructure backing ipdata.co is pretty impressive, 4 data centers in the US, 1 in Canada, 2 in Europe and 1 each in Mumbai, Sydney and Seoul. - We offer more datapoints, I tried to build this around the most common use cases for Geolocation, one of which is showing your users the right currency. This is something we provide, that is, the currency ISO code and symbol. - I think…
1) freegeoip is locally hosted - unlimited queries
2) OK.
3) freegeoip is faster and locally hosted - no network latency
The entire thing runs as a one command docker instance - database updates are automatically managed
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you able to flag if the IP is from a TOR network?
You can see all the datapoints we provide by visiting our homepage https://ipdata.co or by making a call in your terminal via curl https://api.ipdata.co
If you are able to add detection for VPN then this is something my company would happily pay for.
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#79Tangential but I find it funny that such a simple service has libraries for so many different languages. Is one simple HTTP call and JSON deserialization that hard? Personally I'd be more concerned about bringing yet another 3rd party module (leftpad, security, maintenance) than doing GET + JSON.parse but maybe convenience is what's most important.
One of the first things people tend to look at for an API is whether or not there's a library that makes integration as easy as possible. One HTTP call and JSON deserialization is often more thought and effort than people want to put in.
Right, this is why we have multiple copy-pasteable examples in different languages. To make it as straight forward and quick as possible to get started.
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#80Are you able to flag an IP address as an IP coming from a VPN?
The folks at http://getipintel.net/ can give you some decent information about wether an IP looks spammy or not.
> Given an IP address, the system will return a probabilistic value (between a value of 0 and 1) of how likely the IP is a VPN / proxy / hosting / bad IP. A value of 1 means that IP is explicitly banned (a web host, VPN, or TOR node) by our dynamic lists.
We've been using it for a while and are pretty happy.