community.general.ipbase_info module – Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host’s IP address using the ipbase.com API

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.ipbase_info.

New in community.general 7.0.0

Synopsis

  • Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host’s IP address using the ipbase.com API

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

apikey

string

The API key for the request if you need more requests.

hostname

boolean

If the hostname parameter is set to true, the API response will contain the hostname of the IP.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ip

string

The IP you want to get the info for. If not specified the API will detect the IP automatically.

language

string

An ISO Alpha 2 Language Code for localizing the IP data

Default: "en"

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: "Get IP geolocation information of the primary outgoing IP"
  community.general.ipbase_info:
  register: my_ip_info

- name: "Get IP geolocation information of a specific IP"
  community.general.ipbase_info:
    ip: "8.8.8.8"
  register: my_ip_info


- name: "Get IP geolocation information of a specific IP with all other possible parameters"
  community.general.ipbase_info:
    ip: "8.8.8.8"
    apikey: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    hostname: true
    language: "de"
  register: my_ip_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

data

dictionary

JSON parsed response from ipbase.com. Please refer to https://ipbase.com/docs/info for the detailed structure of the response.

Returned: success

Sample: {"connection": {"asn": 13335, "isp": "APNIC Research and Development", "organization": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "range": "1.1.1.1/32"}, "domains": {"count": 10943, "domains": ["eliwise.academy", "accountingprose.academy", "pistola.academy", "1and1-test-ntlds-fr.accountant", "omnergy.africa"]}, "hostname": "one.one.one.one", "ip": "1.1.1.1", "location": {"city": {"alpha2": null, "fips": "644000", "geonames_id": 5368753, "hasc_id": null, "name": "Los Angeles", "name_translated": "Los Angeles", "wikidata_id": "Q65"}, "continent": {"code": "NA", "name": "North America", "name_translated": "North America"}, "country": {"alpha2": "US", "alpha3": "USA", "calling_codes": ["+1"], "currencies": [{"code": "USD", "decimal_digits": 2, "name": "US Dollar", "name_plural": "US dollars", "rounding": 0, "symbol": "$", "symbol_native": "$"}], "emoji": "...", "fips": "US", "geonames_id": 6252001, "hasc_id": "US", "ioc": "USA", "is_in_european_union": false, "languages": [{"name": "English", "name_native": "English"}], "name": "United States", "name_translated": "United States", "timezones": ["America/New_York", "America/Detroit", "America/Kentucky/Louisville", "America/Kentucky/Monticello", "America/Indiana/Indianapolis", "America/Indiana/Vincennes", "America/Indiana/Winamac", "America/Indiana/Marengo", "America/Indiana/Petersburg", "America/Indiana/Vevay", "America/Chicago", "America/Indiana/Tell_City", "America/Indiana/Knox", "America/Menominee", "America/North_Dakota/Center", "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem", "America/North_Dakota/Beulah", "America/Denver", "America/Boise", "America/Phoenix", "America/Los_Angeles", "America/Anchorage", "America/Juneau", "America/Sitka", "America/Metlakatla", "America/Yakutat", "America/Nome", "America/Adak", "Pacific/Honolulu"], "wikidata_id": "Q30"}, "geonames_id": 5332870, "latitude": 34.053611755371094, "longitude": -118.24549865722656, "region": {"alpha2": "US-CA", "fips": "US06", "geonames_id": 5332921, "hasc_id": "US.CA", "name": "California", "name_translated": "California", "wikidata_id": "Q99"}, "zip": "90012"}, "range_type": {"description": "Public address", "type": "PUBLIC"}, "security": {"is_abuser": true, "is_anonymous": false, "is_bot": false, "is_datacenter": false, "is_icloud_relay": false, "is_known_attacker": true, "is_proxy": false, "is_spam": false, "is_tor": false, "is_vpn": false, "threat_score": 100}, "timezone": {"code": "PDT", "current_time": "2023-05-04T04:30:28-07:00", "gmt_offset": -25200, "id": "America/Los_Angeles", "is_daylight_saving": true}, "tlds": [".us"], "type": "v4"}

Authors

  • Dominik Kukacka (@dominikkukacka)