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IP2Location.io

Resolves IP addresses to physical locations and domain ownership data to automate fraud detection and regional content gating.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native IP2Location.io integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right IP2Location.io calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your IP2Location.io data, across all 5 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke IP2Location.io access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in IP2Location.io, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when IP2Location.io is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach IP2Location.io.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every IP2Location.io action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on IP2Location.io, and when to use it.

Bulk IP Geolocation
Use this when processing up to 1000 IP addresses at once to get location data for a large log file.
Domain WHOIS Lookup
Pull domain registration details and contact info using the IP2WHOIS API for a specific domain.
Get API Key
Retrieve the current configured API key to authenticate requests across the platform.
IP2WHOIS Hosted Domain
List all domain names hosted on a specific IP address after you have confirmed the target IP.
Single IP Lookup
Get detailed geolocation data for one IP address including country and city.
Check IP ASN
Pull the Autonomous System Number to identify the network provider for an IP.
Verify IP Country
Check if a specific IP originates from a restricted or approved country list.
Get IP City
Resolve an IP address to its most likely city for local content delivery.
Lookup Domain Registrar
Identify the company that registered a domain using WHOIS data.
Get IP Latitude Longitude
Pull the approximate GPS coordinates for a given IP address.
Check IP Proxy Status
Determine if an IP is a known proxy or VPN to prevent location spoofing.
List IP2WHOIS Contacts
Extract administrative and technical contact emails from a domain record.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven implements a smart queuing system that respects the specific tier limits of your IP2Location.io account. Since different plans have varying requests per second limits, the agent monitors the response headers for rate limit warnings. If a limit is reached, the agent pauses the workflow and uses an exponential backoff strategy to retry the request without losing data. For bulk lookups, Ceven batches IPs into groups of 1000 as permitted by the API to minimize the number of calls and avoid triggering a temporary block. You can view the current quota usage in the integration settings panel to see how many credits remain for the month.
Yes, the data is pulled in real time from the IP2Location.io database via API calls. While the database is updated frequently to reflect network changes, geolocation is an estimation based on routing data and registration records. This means that while country and city data are highly accurate, the exact coordinates are approximate. Ceven captures the timestamp of the lookup and stores it in the workflow context, ensuring that you are making decisions based on the most current data available. If you need to verify a change in IP ownership, the agent can run a fresh WHOIS lookup to see the latest registration updates.
Absolutely. You can build a workflow that takes a list of domains, runs a WHOIS lookup for each, and then uses the hosted domain tool to see if they share a common IP address. This is particularly useful for identifying clusters of phishing sites or analyzing a competitor's infrastructure. Ceven manages the sequencing, meaning it will first resolve the domain to an IP and then use that IP to find other hosted sites. The results can be exported to a CSV or pushed into a database for further analysis by your security team.
The amount of data returned depends on the privacy settings of the domain owner and the rules of the registry. Many owners use privacy protection services that mask their personal email and phone numbers. In these cases, IP2Location.io will return the details of the privacy proxy service instead of the individual. Ceven can be configured to flag these protected records so your team knows when a manual investigation or a legal request is needed to uncover the true identity of the domain owner.
If IP2Location.io cannot find data for a specific IP, the API returns a null response or a specific error code. Ceven handles this by marking the record as unknown in your workflow instead of failing the entire process. You can set up a conditional path in your agent so that unknown IPs are routed to a manual review queue or assigned a default high risk score. This ensures that gaps in the geolocation database do not create holes in your security perimeter or stop your automation from running.
Yes, the bulk geolocation tool has a hard limit of 1000 IP addresses per single request. This is a constraint of the IP2Location.io API itself. To handle larger datasets, Ceven automatically splits your list into chunks of 1000 and executes multiple sequential calls. While this allows you to process tens of thousands of IPs, it will take longer and consume your API quota faster. The agent provides a progress bar in the composer so you can track how many batches have been completed and how many remain in the queue.
Yes, you can connect IP2Location.io to your firewall or cloud security group through Ceven. For example, you can create a workflow that triggers when a high number of failed logins occur from a specific region. The agent pulls the location data, confirms the country, and then calls your AWS or Cloudflare API to add that IP to a block list. This creates a closed loop system where the geolocation data directly informs your infrastructure's security posture without requiring a human to manually enter the IP into a blacklist.
Ceven stores the results of the lookup within the specific workflow execution context for audit purposes and for use in subsequent steps. We do not build a permanent global database of your users' IP addresses. Once the workflow reaches its end state or the retention period for that specific run expires, the data is purged. If you need to keep a long term record of IP locations for compliance or forensic analysis, you should configure the workflow to push the IP2Location.io results into your own data warehouse or a tool like Snowflake or BigQuery.

Alternatives to IP2Location.io

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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