rgeolocate (version 0.4.1)

freegeoip: Geolocate IP Addresses Through freegeoip.net

Description

freegeoip consumes a vector of IP addresses and geolocates them via http://freegeoip.net{freegeoip.net}.

Usage

freegeoip(ip_addresses, as_data_frame = TRUE)

Arguments

ip_addresses

a character vector of IP addresses

as_data_frame

whether to return the results as a data.frame or not. Set to TRUE by default.

Value

• either a data.frame or a list of vectors. If an IP cannot be geolocated, it will provide an error message: see the examples for field names and examples of each possible output.

Examples

#Valid, data.frame output
result <- freegeoip("2607:FB90:426:DC1D:CFC4:4875:8BC2:4D93")

#Invalid, data.frame output
result <- freegeoip("argh")

#Valid list output
result <- freegeoip("2607:FB90:426:DC1D:CFC4:4875:8BC2:4D93", as_data_frame = FALSE)

#Invalid list output
result <- freegeoip("argh", as_data_frame = FALSE)