Turn IP Addresses Into ISP Data Using An API

Internet service provider (ISP) is a term that refers to a company that provides internet access. They are, as their name implies, firms that give Internet connectivity to their consumers. They look after the broadband and DSL lines, run DNS servers, and assign you an IP address so you may surf the web.

Knowing an IP’s ISP is especially interesting because if you offer services related to ISPs, or if you are an ISP, you’ll be able to know who’s using which provider, allowing you to better understand your market and your competition.

ipXapi

ipXapi is a robust and user-friendly geolocation IP address identification tool. It is a free website monitoring tool that supports JSON, PHP, and Python.

Thanks to its database and API, this service provides extremely accurate IP statistics. It’s connected to a number of well-known Internet service providers (ISPs), who offer regular updates on new and existing IP ranges. The API’s database is constantly updated, with up to 24 database updates per day, because this platform is connected to a variety of channels that provide real-time IP data.

It also supports more than 2 million unique locations in more than 200.000 cities throughout the world. Its connectivity and security features are also really accurate, and they will substantially help your website.

This is where you may register.

How do I find the ISP provider?

First you have to do an IP search, which will give this response. In the answer, there’s a part of it that’s been higlighted. That’s where you’ll find the ISP.

{
  "status": "success",
  "country": "Argentina",
  "countryCode": "AR",
  "region": "X",
  "regionName": "Cordoba",
  "city": "Córdoba",
  "zip": "5000",
  "lat": -31.3918,
  "lon": -64.1848,
  "timezone": "America/Argentina/Cordoba",
  "isp": "Establecimiento Cascada Blanca S.A",
  "org": "Establecimiento Cascada Blanca S.A",
  "as": "AS267900 ESTABLECIMIENTO CASCADA BLANCA S.A",
  "query": "45.178.194.125",
  "areaCode": "",
  "dmaCode": "",
  "inEU": 0,
  "euVATrate": false,
  "continentCode": "SA",
  "continentName": "South America",
  "locationAccuracyRadius": "1000",
  "currencyCode": "ARS",
  "currencySymbol": "$",
  "currencySymbol_UTF8": "$",
  "currencyConverter": 101.5273,
  "flag": "🇦🇷",
  "callingCode": "54",
  "languageCode": null,
  "security": {
    "is_proxy": false,
    "proxy_type": null,
    "is_crawler": false,
    "crawler_name": null,
    "crawler_type": null,
    "is_tor": false,
    "threat_level": "low",
    "threat_types": null
  },
  "connection": {
    "asn": 267900,
    "isp": "Establecimiento Cascada Blanca s.A"
  },
  "type": "ipv4"
}

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