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IP Address


Cities search by IP address

GET
https://dataservice.accuweather.com
/locations/v1/cities/ipaddress

Uses the device's Internet protocol address to return current location data.

Cities search by IP address › query Parameters

q
​string · required

A string that indicates an ip address to search by.

Example: 38.103.173.150
language
​string

A string that indicates the language in which to return the response. More information can be found here.

Default: en-us
details
​boolean

A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include extended information.

Default: false
format
​string

A string value that specifies what type of format to provide the response.

Default: json

Cities search by IP address › Headers

Authorization
​string · required

The Authorization header is used to authenticate using your API key. Format is Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.

Cities search by IP address › Responses

OK

API.Locations.Entities.OpenAPI.Location
PrimaryPostalCode
​string · minLength: 1 · required

Official postal code provided by our main location data provider for the requested location

​required

The object containing the region details

​required

The object containing the timezone details

​required

The object containing the geoposition details

IsAlias
​boolean · required

“True” or “false” verification of whether a location is an “alias” or an alternative name or spelling for a requested location

​API.Locations.Entities.OpenAPI.SupplementalAdminArea[] · required

The object containing a list of administrative area details

DataSets
​string[] · required

Array of location-specific products that are available for this location. Products include Alerts, PremiumAirQuality, AirQuality, MinuteCast, and ForecastConfidence. If no location-specific products are available, the array will be empty.

EnglishName
​string · minLength: 1 · required

Location name as displayed in English

Version
​integer · int32 · required

Current version of the API

Key
​string · minLength: 1 · required

Unique ID to search a location

Type
​string · minLength: 1 · required

Location type such as City, PostalCode, POI or LatLong

Rank
​integer · int32 · required

Number applied to locations set by factors such as population, political importance, and geographic size

LocalizedName
​string · minLength: 1 · required

Display name in local dialect set with language code in URL. Default is US English (us-en)

​required

THe object containing the country details

​required

The object containing the amdministrative area details

​

The object containing the parentcity details. This object will be displayed only if the location is part of a larger metropolitan area or parent city.

​

AccuWeather related details about the specific location

GET/locations/v1/cities/ipaddress
curl 'https://dataservice.accuweather.com/locations/v1/cities/ipaddress?q=<string>' \ --header 'Authorization: <api-key>'
Example Responses
{ "PrimaryPostalCode": "PrimaryPostalCode", "Region": {}, "TimeZone": {}, "GeoPosition": {}, "IsAlias": true, "ParentCity": {}, "SupplementalAdminAreas": [ { "Level": 0, "LocalizedName": "LocalizedName", "EnglishName": "EnglishName" } ], "DataSets": [ "string" ], "Details": {}, "EnglishName": "EnglishName", "Version": 0, "Key": "Key", "Type": "Type", "Rank": 0, "LocalizedName": "LocalizedName", "Country": {}, "AdministrativeArea": {} }
json
application/json

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