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MaxMind GeoIP Country API

Country-level IP geolocation lookup

MaxMind GeoIP Country API is one of 6 APIs that MaxMind publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include GeoIP Country. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://geoip.maxmind.com, https://geolite.info.

1 operations 1 paths 9 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.1
Base URL
https://geoip.maxmind.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

MaxMind GeoIP Country API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — Use your MaxMind account ID as the username and your license key as the password. All requests must be made over HTTPS.

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.

GeoIP Country 1

Country-level IP geolocation lookup

GET
/geoip/v2.1/country/{ipAddress}
GeoIP Country Lookup
getGeoIPCountry 1 param → 200400401402403404429500

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CountryResponse (6 properties), Country (5 properties), RepresentedCountry (5 properties), RegisteredCountry (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LocalizedNames
object
Localized names keyed by locale code (e.g., "en", "de", "fr")
Country
object
Country data for the IP address
5 properties
CountryResponse
object
Response from the GeoIP Country web service
6 properties
RepresentedCountry
object
Country that is represented by the IP address (e.g., military)
5 properties
Continent
object
Continent data for the IP address
3 properties
RegisteredCountry
object
Country where the IP address is registered
4 properties
CountryTraits
object
Traits associated with the IP address (Country tier)
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response
2 properties
MaxMindMeta
object
MaxMind account metadata
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

maxmind-geoip-country-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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