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IPWhois

IPWhois — free-tier JSON endpoint

🗺 Geo & MapsHEALTHYchecked 11h ago
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✗COMMERCIAL ?

IPWhois offers a free API tier. We verified JSON on a sample GET (Geocoding). Check provider docs for key requirements and limits.

100HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 100 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
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38P50 · ms
598P95 · ms
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Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 12 ms, slowest 162 ms, most recent 55 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET http://ipwho.is/8.8.4.4

{
  "ip": "8.8.4.4",
  "success": true,
  "type": "IPv4",
  "continent": "North America",
  "continent_code": "NA",
  "country": "United States",
  "country_code": "US",
  "region": "California"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "http://ipwho.is/8.8.4.4"
const res = await fetch("http://ipwho.is/8.8.4.4");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("http://ipwho.is/8.8.4.4")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /8.8.4.438 mschecked 11h ago
GET/8.8.4.4PROBED

IPWhois — free-tier JSON endpoint

GET/1.1.1.1

1 1 1 1 — documented GET route.

GET/1.1.1.1?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

GET/8.8.4.4?fields=timezone

8 8 4 4 — documented GET route.

GET/8.8.4.4?fields=currency

8 8 4 4 — documented GET route.

GET/8.8.4.4?fields=security

8 8 4 4 — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

IPWhois: common questions

Is IPWhois free to use?

Yes — IPWhois is a free geo & maps API. Free tier: Free tier — API key may be required for production. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does IPWhois need an API key?

Yes — IPWhois needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call IPWhois from the browser?

Not directly — IPWhois doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is IPWhois up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, IPWhois is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 38 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.