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How to use IP Intelligence

What IP Intelligence takes in, which fields it returns and how credits are charged for each lookup.

Last updated 2026-10-22

What it does

Location and network details for an IPv4 or IPv6 address (country, region, city, time zone, ASN and network owner) with risk flags from open lists such as Tor exit nodes and cloud provider ranges. Location data comes from DB-IP Lite (CC BY 4.0) and must be credited wherever results are shown.

What you send

Send these fields in the JSON body of the request.

Request fields for IP Intelligence
FieldTypeRequiredLimits
ipstringRequiredup to 100 characters

Request fields for IP Intelligence

What you get back

The data object of a successful response carries these fields. Every response also lists its sources, the credits_charged and whether it was a cache_hit.

Each field is described in the API reference.

Response fields for IP Intelligence
FieldType
ipstring
versionnumber
countrystring
regionstring
citystring
latitudenumber
longitudenumber
timezonestring
asninteger or null
asn_orgstring
is_hostingboolean
hosting_providerstring
is_torboolean
is_vpnboolean
risk_scoreinteger
risk_factorslist
attributionstring

Response fields for IP Intelligence

What it costs

1 credit per lookup.

What each outcome costs
CaseCharge
Found1 credit
Nothing found0 credits
Repeat inside 7 days0 credits
Errors and invalid requests0 credits

What each outcome costs

Run it

You can try it without an account in the free tool. The free tools share a limit per visitor.

From code, send a POST request to https://YOUR_API_HOST/v1/ip with your API key.

curl -X POST https://YOUR_API_HOST/v1/ip \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOKVALID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ip":"8.8.8.8"}'

A request to IP Intelligence

Full parameters and response fields are in the API reference. To run a list of values, use a bulk CSV job.

Good to know

  • A repeat of the same lookup within 7 days is served from your cache and costs 0 credits.
  • When the lookup finds nothing it returns found: false and costs 0 credits.
  • Invalid input and errors are never charged.
  • The API allows 200 requests per 10 seconds per key.

Still stuck? Write to hello@lookvalid.com.