Eclipse Foundation

Eclipse GeoIP REST API

REST API resolving a client IP address to a country, city or country IP-range set. Used by the Eclipse Foundation to select download mirrors and regionalise content.

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Operations 3

GET /cities/{ipAddr} Get city
GET /countries/{ipAddr} Get country
GET /subnets/{ipv}/{isoCountry} Get IP ranges for country code

Documentation

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https://webdev.eclipse.org/docs/api/eclipsefdn-geoip-api
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Documentation
https://webdev.eclipse.org/docs/api/eclipsefdn-geoip-api

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/eclipse/refs/heads/main/openapi/eclipse-geoip-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

eclipse-geoip-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Eclipse GeoIP REST API
  description: REST client to retrieve GeoIP information about IP addresses and to lookup IP information for countries given
    their ISO country code.
  license:
    name: Eclipse Public License - 2.0
    url: https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
servers:
- url: http://api.eclipse.org/geoip
  description: Production endpoint for Eclipse GeoIP REST API
paths:
  /cities/{ipAddr}:
    description: |
      Retrieves city data for a given IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. In cases where blacklisted IP's are sent (such as local addresses, or addresses outside of range), a server error is returned.
    get:
      summary: Get city
      parameters:
      - name: ipAddr
        in: path
        required: true
        description: a valid IP address to retrieve the city of origin for.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/City'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - Invalid IP
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /countries/{ipAddr}:
    description: |
      Retrieves country data for a given IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. In cases where blacklisted IP's are sent (such as local addresses, or addresses outside of range), a server error is returned.
    get:
      summary: Get country
      parameters:
      - name: ipAddr
        in: path
        required: true
        description: a valid IP address to retrieve the country of origin for.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - Invalid IP
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /subnets/{ipv}/{isoCountry}:
    description: |
      Given an IP protocol version string (IPv4 or IPv6 currently) and a 2 letter ISO country code, retrieves a list of subnets registered for the given country. If an invalid IP protocol version string is given, or an invalid ISO code is passed, a server error is returned.
    get:
      summary: Get IP ranges for country code
      parameters:
      - name: ipv
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Which list of subnets to retrieve IP ranges for.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ipv4
          - ipv6
      - name: isoCountry
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The 2 letter ISO code for the country to retrieve (case-insensitive).
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IpAddresses'
        '500':
          description: Server Error
components:
  schemas:
    Country:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - geoname_id
      - iso_code
      - names
      - is_in_european_union
      properties:
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: The MaxMind API unique ID for a geographic location.
        iso_code:
          type: string
          description: The 2 letter ISO code for the current country.
        names:
          type: object
          description: The locale of the country name.
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
            description: Name of the country in the given locale.
          example:
            en: Canada
            pt-BR: Canadá
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          description: TRUE if the current country is in the European Union, and false otherwise.
    City:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - geoname_id
      - names
      properties:
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: The MaxMind API unique ID for a geographic location.
        names:
          type: object
          description: The locale of the country name
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
            description: Name of the country in the given locale.
          example:
            en: Ottawa
            pt-BR: Otava
    IpAddresses:
      type: array
      items:
        type: string
        description: IP ranges with subnet mask that are from the given country.
        example: 192.168.1.0/24
    Error:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - status_code
      - message
      properties:
        status_code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP response code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Message containing error information
        url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: The URL
        friendly_message:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: The friendly message for the error