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IPinfo carrier API

IP to Phone Carrier Detection API.

IPinfo carrier API is one of 17 APIs that IPinfo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include carrier. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://ipinfo.io/, https://v6.ipinfo.io/, https://api.ipinfo.io/.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.ipinfo.io
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

IPinfo carrier API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the query as token (ApiKeyAuth).

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

carrier 1

IP to Phone Carrier Detection API.

GET
/{ip}/carrier
IPinfo Detects if the IP Address is Being Used in a Mobile Carrier Network. it Returns the Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code (MNC), and the Originating Country of the Carrier
getCarrier 1 param → 200404403429500

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CarrierResponse (3 properties), Error403 (2 properties), Error404 (2 properties), Error429 (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error500
string
Error429
object
2 properties 2 required
CarrierResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
Error404
object
2 properties 2 required
Error403
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ipinfo-carrier-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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