Poli Bou

The topic of geo-targeting content has come up from time to time here at work but I’ve never taken the time to really implement it. So today I’ve been searching around for a solution and notice that it usually entails purchasing an IP database and a subscription for updates.

The idea of paying for something before testing out the implementation never sits well for me. So I was surprise to find www.hostip.info Community GeoTarget IP Project. Much like open source, everyone contributes to keep the database updated. Best of all, the API queries are free.

Here’s a sample of the API for a simple GET:

Use the API with a wget or a curl operation and you’re set.