Ip -> Country name

[viveknarula]

hello friends,

i am storing IP addresses of visitors of my site. i want to see the Countries with the help of IPs. I had heard sometime back that there is an API for it but i don't remember now. may be something like Whois API.

Can any one tell me with the help of which resource i can achieve my objective ?

Thanks

[BrandonK]

I found a free MySQL database file that had IP ranges and their associated country. I wouldn't trust it 100% for accuracy, but it seems to do very well for us.

I think there may also be some third party sites out there that you can ping with an IP and they will tell you the country, but I don't like waiting for their server to respond.

[gimbles]

Maxmind has free geolookup APIs

http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecountry

PHP API -> http://www.maxmind.com/app/php

[felgall]

Just remember that any IP lookup will give you the location of the ISP or proxy server, the actual location of your visitor need not be anywhere near that location.