How can I determine the usage type of an IP address in Python?

To determine the usage type of an IP address using IP2Location.io in Python, you can use the IP2Location.io API to retrieve geolocation and related data. The usage type field specifies how the IP is being used. For usage types supported, please see API documentation for more info.

  1. We'll assume that you have already installed Python and we won't cover that here. You will also need a paid subscription to the Starter plan or higher. Subscribe now!
  2. In the command line, run the command below to install the Requests package using pip if you don't have it installed.
    Bash 
    
python -m pip install requests
  3. Save the below code into a file called test.py on your computer.
    Python 
    
import requests
from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
import json

key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
ip = '8.8.8.8'
payload = {'key': key, 'ip': ip, 'format': 'json'}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://api.ip2location.io/', params=payload)
    response.raise_for_status()
except HTTPError as http_err:
    if 'error_message' in response.text:
        myobj = json.loads(response.text)
        print(f"ERROR: {myobj['error']['error_message']}")
    else:
        print(f"ERROR: {http_err}")
except Exception as err:
        print(f"ERROR: {err}")
else:
    try:
        myobj = json.loads(response.text)
        if 'usage_type' in myobj:
            print(f"The usage type for IP {ip} is {myobj['usage_type']}.")
        else:
            print("ERROR: The usage_type field requires a paid subscription to the Starter plan or higher.")
    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
        print("ERROR: Invalid JSON in response.")
  4. In the command line, run the below command.
    Bash 
    
python test.py

This script will output the usage type of specified IP address. 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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