Finding Location of IP Address

by ps1Oct 4, 2016

Most IP addresses can be located using web services. Here is a very simple function that takes an IP address and returns information about its location:

#requires -Version 3.0

function Get-IPLocation([Parameter(Mandatory)]$IPAddress)
{
    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "http://geoip.nekudo.com/api/$IPAddress" |
      Select-Object -ExpandProperty Country -Property City, IP, Location 
}

This example also illustrates how you can use Select-Object with both -Property and –ExpandProperty parameters to move some nested properties up to parent level.

Let’s find out where Googles DNS lives:

 
PS C:\> Get-IPLocation -IPAddress 8.8.8.8


name     : United States
code     : US
city     : Mountain View
ip       : 8.8.8.8
location : @{accuracy_radius=1000; latitude=37,386; longitude=-122,0838; time_zone=America/Los_Angeles}

And here is how you can resolve any hostname to an IP address, for example, the famous powershellmagazine.com:

 
PS> [Net.Dns]::GetHostByName('powershellmagazine.com').AddressList.IPAddressToString
104.131.21.239

So if you wanted to know where that IP is located, add this:

 
PS> Get-IPLocation -IPAddress 104.131.21.239


name     : United States
code     : US
city     : New York
ip       : 104.131.21.239
location : @{accuracy_radius=1000; latitude=40,7143; longitude=-74,006; 
           time_zone=America/New_York}

(of course this is just where the server sits, not Aleksandar or Ravi or all the other fine editors )

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