Abstract’s IP Geolocation API Laravel Client Library

Getting Started

Abstract’s IP Geolocation API is a fast, lightweight, modern, and RESTful JSON API for determining the location and other details of IP addresses from over 190 countries.

The free plan is limited to 1,000 requests per month. To enable all the data fields and additional request volumes see https://www.abstractapi.com/api/ip-geolocation-api#pricing.

Installation

The package works with PHP 8 and is available using Composer.

composer require laravelcm/abstract-ip-geolocation

Usage

Open your application's \app\Http\Kernel.php file and add the following to the Kernel::middleware property:

protected $middleware = [
    ...
    \Laravelcm\AbstractIpGeolocation\Middleware\AbstractIpGeolocation::class,
];

Quick Start

Route::get('/', function () {
    $location = "The IP address " . request()->get('abstract-ip-geolocation')['ip_address'];
    return view('index', ['location' => $location]);
});

Will return the following string to the index view:

"The IP address 127.0.0.1."

Configuration

wip..

Test