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Re: location info

From: ToddAndMargo via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 06:55:21 -0700

On 5/6/24 06:44, ToddAndMargo via curl-users wrote:
> On 5/6/24 03:23, ToddAndMargo via curl-users wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I love this command:
>>      curl --connect-timeout 2 --silent ipinfo.io -o -
>> Give me everything I need to know about my own IP address.
>>
>> What if I want to know this information for a different
>> IP address (which I have extracted from an attack on
>> my firewall log)?
>>
>> I am looking for city and county of the attacker.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
>
> Figured it out:
>
> $ curl https://ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8 -o -
> {
>   "ip": "8.8.8.8",
>   "hostname": "dns.google",
>   "anycast": true,
>   "city": "Mountain View",
>   "region": "California",
>   "country": "US",
>   "loc": "37.4056,-122.0775",
>   "org": "AS15169 Google LLC",
>   "postal": "94043",
>   "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
>   "readme": "https://ipinfo.io/missingauth"
>

just

      curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8 -o -

will do.




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