How can I use an API to detect if an IP address is a VPN in Node.js?

To detect if an IP address is a VPN using IP2Location.io in Node.js, you can use the IP2Location.io API to retrieve geolocation and related data.

  1. We'll assume that you have already installed Node.js and we won't cover that here. You will also need a paid subscription to the Security plan. Subscribe now!
  2. Save the below code into a file called test.js on your computer.
    JavaScript 
    
var https = require('https');

var key = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
var ip = '8.8.8.8';

let url = 'https://api.ip2location.io/?key=' + key + '&ip=' + ip + '&format=json';

let response = '';
let req = https.get(url, function (res) {
	res.on('data', (chunk) => (response = response + chunk));
	res.on('error', (e) => console.log('ERROR: ' + e));
	res.on("end", function () {
		try {
			myobj = JSON.parse(response);
			if (myobj['error']) {
				console.log('ERROR: ' + myobj['error']['error_message']);
			}
			else if (myobj['proxy']) {
				if (myobj['proxy']['is_vpn']) {
					console.log('The IP ' + ip + ' is a VPN.');
				}
				else {
					console.log('The IP ' + ip + ' is NOT a VPN.');
				}
			}
			else {
				console.log('ERROR: The is_vpn field requires a paid subscription to the Security plan.');
			}
		}
		catch (e) {
			console.log('ERROR: Invalid JSON in response.')
		}
	});
});
  3. In the command line, run the below command.
    Bash 
    
node test.js

This script will check if the specified IP address is a VPN. Make sure to replace 8.8.8.8 with the IP address you want and replace YOUR_API_KEY to your own API key.

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