IP location data is useful when your Laravel application needs a sensible regional default, timezone context, analytics enrichment, or an additional risk signal. The integration does not need a large package or a complicated SDK.
With IPRout, you can send an IPv4 or IPv6 address to a simple HTTP endpoint and receive GeoIP and network information as JSON. In this tutorial, we will get a seven-day developer key, keep it outside the codebase, and build a reusable Laravel service around the API.
GeoIP is an estimate derived from an IP address. It is not GPS data, proof of identity, or a user's exact physical location. Give users a way to correct important location-dependent choices.
What we are building
We will add an endpoint to a Laravel application that accepts an IP address:
