Zoho Deluge - Get User Timezone, Country and Location

: Category: Zoho; 30 November -0001; Hits: 7548

What?
A quick article just as a note to get the users country information from a third-party API based on the given IP address.

How?
Well this is just a list of free 3rd-party APIs and the below code is dependent on these being online and working...

The quickest I found [limit 1000 per day | Incorrect Location]:

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v_Url = "http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/"+ zoho.ipaddress;
v_Response = getUrl( v_Url );

v_Url = "http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/"+ zoho.ipaddress;
v_Response = getUrl( v_Url );

Returns something like:

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{
    "ipAddress": "147.188.254.175",
    "continentCode": "EU",
    "continentName": "Europe",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "countryName": "United Kingdom",
    "stateProv": "England",
    "city": "Birmingham (Edgbaston)"
}

{
"ipAddress": "147.188.254.175",
"continentCode": "EU",
"continentName": "Europe",
"countryCode": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"stateProv": "England",
"city": "Birmingham (Edgbaston)"
}

A more comprehensive alternative [Limit 150 per minute | not for commercial use]:

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v_Url = "http://ip-api.com/json/"+ zoho.ipaddress;
v_Response = getUrl( v_Url );
// usage: v_TimeZone = v_Response.getJSON("timezone");

v_Url = "http://ip-api.com/json/"+ zoho.ipaddress;
v_Response = getUrl( v_Url );
// usage: v_TimeZone = v_Response.getJSON("timezone");

Returns something like:

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{
    "query": "147.188.254.175",
    "status": "success",
    "continent": "Europe",
    "continentCode": "EU",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "region": "ENG",
    "regionName": "England",
    "city": "Birmingham",
    "district": "",
    "zip": "B15",
    "lat": 52.4666,
    "lon": -1.9205,
    "timezone": "Europe/London",
    "isp": "University of Birmingham",
    "org": "The University of Birmingham",
    "as": "AS786 Jisc Services Limited",
    "asname": "JANET",
    "mobile": false,
    "proxy": false
}