How to get the geographic location using IP Address in asp.net mvc

Question

I know that this code:

string ipAddress = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ipAddress))
        {
            ipAddress = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
        }

will give me the IP Address of the user but I don't know how to get the location of the user

I want to know the location and related information on basis of IP Address.

Answer 1

This should help you - http://freegeoip.net/

freegeoip.net is a public REST API for searching geolocation of IP addresses and host names. Send HTTP GET requests to: freegeoip.net/{format}/{ip_or_hostname}. The API supports both HTTP and HTTPS and Supported formats are csv, xml or json.

Answer 2

Model to bind the user location details

public class IpInfo
{
    [JsonProperty("ip")]
    public string Ip { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("city")]
    public string City { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("region_name")]
    public string Region { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("country_name")]
    public string Country { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("time_zone")]
    public string TimeZone { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("longitude")]
    public string Longitude { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("latitude")]
    public string Latitude { get; set; }      
}

Function

private  IpInfo GetUserLocationDetailsyByIp(string ip)
    {
        var ipInfo = new IpInfo();
        try
        {
            var info = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://freegeoip.net/json/" + ip);
            ipInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IpInfo>(info);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Exception Handling
        }

        return ipInfo;
    }

Calling function with IP value

var ipDetails = GetUserCountryByIp("8.8.8.8"); //IP value

Answer 3

To get the geolocation of the user using their IP address you can try IPinfo.io. They have a C# library that you can use.

// namespace
using IPinfo;
using IPinfo.Models;

// making API call
string ip = "216.239.36.21";
IPResponse ipResponse = await client.IPApi.GetDetailsAsync(ip);

// accessing location details from response
Console.WriteLine($"IPResponse.IP: {ipResponse.IP}");
Console.WriteLine($"IPResponse.City: {ipResponse.City}");
Console.WriteLine($"IPResponse.Company.Name: {ipResponse.Company.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"IPResponse.Country: {ipResponse.Country}");
Console.WriteLine($"IPResponse.CountryName: {ipResponse.CountryName}");

You can even use their REST API. Documentation.