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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: MaxMind GeoIP Web Services GeoIP Country API
  description: 'MaxMind''s GeoIP web services provide IP geolocation data including country, city, ISP, organization, ASN, connection type, and VPN/proxy detection. Services are available at three tiers: Country, City Plus, and Insights. All endpoints use HTTP Basic Auth with your MaxMind account ID and license key.

    '
  version: '2.1'
  contact:
    name: MaxMind Support
    url: https://support.maxmind.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.maxmind.com/en/terms_of_service
  license:
    name: MaxMind End User License Agreement
    url: https://www.maxmind.com/en/end_user_license_agreement
servers:
- url: https://geoip.maxmind.com
  description: MaxMind GeoIP production server
- url: https://geolite.info
  description: MaxMind GeoLite production server
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: GeoIP Country
  description: Country-level IP geolocation lookup
paths:
  /geoip/v2.1/country/{ipAddress}:
    get:
      operationId: getGeoIPCountry
      summary: GeoIP Country Lookup
      description: 'Returns country-level geolocation data for a given IP address, including country name, ISO code, continent, and registered country. Suitable for geo-targeting, content localization, and compliance use cases where city precision is not required. Billed at $0.0001 per lookup.

        '
      tags:
      - GeoIP Country
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ipAddress'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful country lookup response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    CountryTraits:
      type: object
      description: Traits associated with the IP address (Country tier)
      properties:
        ip_address:
          type: string
          description: The IP address that was looked up
          example: 128.101.101.101
        is_anycast:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP is part of an anycast network
          example: false
        network:
          type: string
          description: CIDR network block associated with the record
          example: 128.101.101.0/24
    Country:
      type: object
      description: Country data for the IP address
      properties:
        confidence:
          type: integer
          description: Confidence percent (1-99) that the country is correct (Insights only)
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 99
          example: 99
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: GeoNames ID for the country
          example: 6252001
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the country is a member of the EU
          example: false
        iso_code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
          example: US
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'
    Continent:
      type: object
      description: Continent data for the IP address
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter continent code
          example: NA
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: GeoNames ID for the continent
          example: 6255149
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'
    RegisteredCountry:
      type: object
      description: Country where the IP address is registered
      properties:
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          example: 6252001
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        iso_code:
          type: string
          example: US
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'
    CountryResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from the GeoIP Country web service
      properties:
        continent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Continent'
        country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
        maxmind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaxMindMeta'
        registered_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisteredCountry'
        represented_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RepresentedCountry'
        traits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryTraits'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
          example: IP_ADDRESS_INVALID
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
          example: The value 'foo' is not a valid IP address.
    MaxMindMeta:
      type: object
      description: MaxMind account metadata
      properties:
        queries_remaining:
          type: integer
          description: Number of queries remaining in the current subscription period
          example: 123456
    RepresentedCountry:
      type: object
      description: Country that is represented by the IP address (e.g., military)
      properties:
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          example: 6252001
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        iso_code:
          type: string
          example: US
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of represented country (e.g., "military", "satellite")
          example: military
    LocalizedNames:
      type: object
      description: Localized names keyed by locale code (e.g., "en", "de", "fr")
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      example:
        en: United States
        de: Vereinigte Staaten
  responses:
    PaymentRequired:
      description: 'The service requires payment. Check that your account has sufficient credits.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: 'No record found for the IP address. The IP address may be invalid or not in the database.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: 'There was an error authenticating the request. Verify your account ID and license key.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: 'The request is forbidden. Your account does not have access to this service, or the IP address is blocked.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalServerError:
      description: 'An unexpected error occurred on MaxMind''s servers.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: 'Too many requests have been sent in a given period. Slow down your request rate.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: 'There was an error with the request. Check the code and error fields for details.

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  parameters:
    ipAddress:
      name: ipAddress
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'The IP address you want to look up. Use "me" to look up the IP address of the current connection. Accepts IPv4 (dotted quad) or IPv6 (canonical form per RFC 5952).

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        example: 128.101.101.101
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'Use your MaxMind account ID as the username and your license key as the password. All requests must be made over HTTPS.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: MaxMind GeoIP Web Services Documentation
  url: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/