A simple tool that uses Globalping to resolve an IP to a physical location based on latency.
Learn more about this tool and why it exists in our blog:
We have ipinfo at home or how to geolocate IPs in your CLI using latency
git clone https://github.com/jimaek/geolocation-tool
cd geolocation-tool
npm install && npm link
geolocate
docker run \
-e GLOBALPING_TOKEN=<optional_token> \
--name geolocation-tool \
--rm \
$(docker build -q .) \
-- <IP_ADDRESS> [OPTIONS]It's recommended to run the tool with a token for a higher limit of 500 tests per hour.
This tool will read the token from the env var GLOBALPING_TOKEN. It's the same variable the Globalping CLI uses.
Get a free token in the Globalping Dashboard.
Resolve an IP. A default limit of 50 probes is set per phase.
USA has 4 phases. All other countries have 3 phases.
This means the total usage is going to be Phases * Limit.
So by default 200 for USA and 150 for the rest.
+30 for continent selection in phase 1.
geolocate 213.133.116.45
-L/--limit sets a higher limit of probes per phase.
This will improve accuracy, especially for cities but will consume lots of credits
geolocate 213.133.116.45 -L 200
Provide token explicitly
GLOBALPING_TOKEN=XXX geolocate 213.133.116.45
# geolocate 45.95.160.61
Geolocating 45.95.160.61...
Phase 1: Detecting continent...
Europe: 123.12 ms
Oceania: 172.49 ms
North America: 57.23 ms
South America: 93.96 ms
Asia: 167.03 ms
Africa: 257.46 ms
Best continent: North America (57.23 ms)
Phase 2: Detecting country...
Measuring from 50 probes...
[████████████████████████████████████████] 100.0% 50/50 - Best: US (0.01 ms)
United States: 0.01ms
Canada: 42.96ms
Best country: United States (0.01ms)
Phase 3: Detecting US state...
Measuring from 50 probes...
[████████████████████████████████████████] 100.0% 50/50 - Best: FL (0.26 ms)
Florida: 0.26ms
Illinois: 0.38ms
Oklahoma: 0.81ms
Best state: Florida (0.26ms)
Phase 4: Detecting city...
Measuring from 37 probes...
[███████████████████████████████████████░] 97.3% 36/37 - Best: Miami (0.01 ms)
Top 3 Locations:
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1. Miami, Florida, USA 0.01 ms
2. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 5.38 ms
3. Tampa, Florida, USA 5.80 ms
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SUMMARY
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Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Minimum Latency: 0.01 ms
Confidence: Very High
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