GeoIP City Plus Web Service

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: MaxMind GeoIP Web Services API
  description: >
    MaxMind's GeoIP web services provide IP geolocation data including country,
    city, ISP, organization, ASN, connection type, and VPN/proxy detection.
    Services are available at three tiers: Country, City Plus, and Insights.
    All endpoints use HTTP Basic Auth with your MaxMind account ID and license key.
  version: '2.1'
  contact:
    name: MaxMind Support
    url: https://support.maxmind.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.maxmind.com/en/terms_of_service
  license:
    name: MaxMind End User License Agreement
    url: https://www.maxmind.com/en/end_user_license_agreement

servers:
  - url: https://geoip.maxmind.com
    description: MaxMind GeoIP production server
  - url: https://geolite.info
    description: MaxMind GeoLite production server

security:
  - basicAuth: []

paths:
  /geoip/v2.1/country/{ipAddress}:
    get:
      operationId: getGeoIPCountry
      summary: GeoIP Country Lookup
      description: >
        Returns country-level geolocation data for a given IP address, including
        country name, ISO code, continent, and registered country. Suitable for
        geo-targeting, content localization, and compliance use cases where city
        precision is not required. Billed at $0.0001 per lookup.
      tags:
        - GeoIP Country
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ipAddress'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful country lookup response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'

  /geoip/v2.1/city/{ipAddress}:
    get:
      operationId: getGeoIPCity
      summary: GeoIP City Plus Lookup
      description: >
        Provides city-level geolocation data including city name, postal code,
        latitude and longitude with accuracy radius, metro code, time zone, and
        subdivisions. Also includes country, ISP, and organization data in a
        single response. Priced at $0.0003 per query.
      tags:
        - GeoIP City
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ipAddress'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful city lookup response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'

  /geoip/v2.1/insights/{ipAddress}:
    get:
      operationId: getGeoIPInsights
      summary: GeoIP Insights Lookup
      description: >
        MaxMind's most comprehensive IP data API, returning all GeoIP City Plus
        fields plus additional intelligence including connection type, ISP,
        organization, user type, domain, anonymous IP and proxy/VPN/Tor detection
        flags. Priced at $0.002 per query.
      tags:
        - GeoIP Insights
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ipAddress'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful insights lookup response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsightsResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'

components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: >
        Use your MaxMind account ID as the username and your license key as the
        password. All requests must be made over HTTPS.

  parameters:
    ipAddress:
      name: ipAddress
      in: path
      required: true
      description: >
        The IP address you want to look up. Use "me" to look up the IP address
        of the current connection. Accepts IPv4 (dotted quad) or IPv6
        (canonical form per RFC 5952).
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '128.101.101.101'

  schemas:
    LocalizedNames:
      type: object
      description: Localized names keyed by locale code (e.g., "en", "de", "fr")
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      example:
        en: United States
        de: Vereinigte Staaten

    Continent:
      type: object
      description: Continent data for the IP address
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter continent code
          example: NA
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: GeoNames ID for the continent
          example: 6255149
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'

    Country:
      type: object
      description: Country data for the IP address
      properties:
        confidence:
          type: integer
          description: Confidence percent (1-99) that the country is correct (Insights only)
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 99
          example: 99
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: GeoNames ID for the country
          example: 6252001
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the country is a member of the EU
          example: false
        iso_code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
          example: US
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'

    RegisteredCountry:
      type: object
      description: Country where the IP address is registered
      properties:
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          example: 6252001
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        iso_code:
          type: string
          example: US
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'

    RepresentedCountry:
      type: object
      description: Country that is represented by the IP address (e.g., military)
      properties:
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          example: 6252001
        is_in_european_union:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        iso_code:
          type: string
          example: US
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of represented country (e.g., "military", "satellite")
          example: military

    CountryTraits:
      type: object
      description: Traits associated with the IP address (Country tier)
      properties:
        ip_address:
          type: string
          description: The IP address that was looked up
          example: 128.101.101.101
        is_anycast:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP is part of an anycast network
          example: false
        network:
          type: string
          description: CIDR network block associated with the record
          example: 128.101.101.0/24

    MaxMindMeta:
      type: object
      description: MaxMind account metadata
      properties:
        queries_remaining:
          type: integer
          description: Number of queries remaining in the current subscription period
          example: 123456

    City:
      type: object
      description: City data for the IP address
      properties:
        confidence:
          type: integer
          description: Confidence percent (1-99) that the city is correct
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 99
          example: 75
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: GeoNames ID for the city
          example: 5037649
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'

    Location:
      type: object
      description: Location data including coordinates and time zone
      properties:
        accuracy_radius:
          type: integer
          description: Estimated accuracy radius in kilometers
          example: 20
        latitude:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Approximate latitude
          example: 44.9532
        longitude:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Approximate longitude
          example: -93.0875
        metro_code:
          type: integer
          description: US metro code (US only)
          example: 613
        time_zone:
          type: string
          description: Time zone name as defined by the IANA Time Zone Database
          example: America/Chicago

    Postal:
      type: object
      description: Postal code data
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Postal code for the IP address
          example: '55420'
        confidence:
          type: integer
          description: Confidence percent (1-99) the postal code is correct
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 99
          example: 60

    Subdivision:
      type: object
      description: Subdivision (state/province/region) data
      properties:
        confidence:
          type: integer
          description: Confidence percent (1-99) the subdivision is correct
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 99
          example: 88
        geoname_id:
          type: integer
          description: GeoNames ID for the subdivision
          example: 5037779
        iso_code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-2 code for the subdivision
          example: MN
        names:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocalizedNames'

    CityTraits:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryTraits'
        - type: object
          properties:
            autonomous_system_number:
              type: integer
              description: Autonomous System Number (ASN) for the IP address
              example: 217
            autonomous_system_organization:
              type: string
              description: Organization associated with the ASN
              example: University of Minnesota
            connection_type:
              type: string
              description: Connection type (Cable/DSL, Cellular, Corporate, Satellite)
              example: Corporate
            domain:
              type: string
              description: Second-level domain associated with the IP address
              example: umn.edu
            isp:
              type: string
              description: Name of the ISP
              example: University of Minnesota
            mobile_country_code:
              type: string
              description: Mobile Country Code (MCC) for mobile connections
              example: '310'
            mobile_network_code:
              type: string
              description: Mobile Network Code (MNC) for mobile connections
              example: '004'
            organization:
              type: string
              description: Name of the organization using the IP address
              example: University of Minnesota

    Anonymizer:
      type: object
      description: Anonymizer and proxy detection data (Insights only)
      properties:
        confidence:
          type: integer
          description: Confidence in the anonymizer detection (0-99)
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 99
          example: 85
        is_anonymous:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP belongs to an anonymous network
          example: false
        is_anonymous_vpn:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP is associated with an anonymous VPN service
          example: false
        is_hosting_provider:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP belongs to a hosting provider
          example: false
        is_public_proxy:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP is a public proxy
          example: false
        is_residential_proxy:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP is part of a residential proxy network
          example: false
        is_tor_exit_node:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the IP is a Tor exit node
          example: false
        network_last_seen:
          type: string
          description: Date the network was last seen as an anonymizer (ISO 8601)
          example: '2024-01-15'
        provider_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the VPN or proxy provider if known
          example: NordVPN

    InsightsLocation:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        - type: object
          properties:
            average_income:
              type: integer
              description: Average income in US dollars for the area (US only)
              example: 52000
            population_density:
              type: integer
              description: Population density per square kilometer for the area
              example: 1100

    InsightsTraits:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CityTraits'
        - type: object
          properties:
            ip_risk_snapshot:
              type: number
              format: double
              description: IP risk score snapshot from 0.01 to 99
              example: 0.5
            static_ip_score:
              type: number
              format: double
              description: Score indicating how static the IP is (0-99.99)
              example: 1.5
            user_count:
              type: integer
              description: Estimated number of users sharing the IP in the past 24 hours
              example: 1
            user_type:
              type: string
              description: >
                Type of user associated with the IP address. Possible values:
                business, cafe, cellular, college, consumer_privacy_network,
                content_delivery_network, dialup, government, hosting,
                library, military, residential, router, school, search_engine_spider,
                traveler
              example: business

    CountryResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from the GeoIP Country web service
      properties:
        continent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Continent'
        country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
        maxmind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaxMindMeta'
        registered_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisteredCountry'
        represented_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RepresentedCountry'
        traits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryTraits'

    CityResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from the GeoIP City Plus web service
      properties:
        city:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/City'
        continent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Continent'
        country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
        location:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        maxmind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaxMindMeta'
        postal:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Postal'
        registered_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisteredCountry'
        represented_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RepresentedCountry'
        subdivisions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subdivision'
        traits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CityTraits'

    InsightsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from the GeoIP Insights web service
      properties:
        anonymizer:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Anonymizer'
        city:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/City'
        continent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Continent'
        country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
        location:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsightsLocation'
        maxmind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaxMindMeta'
        postal:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Postal'
        registered_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisteredCountry'
        represented_country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RepresentedCountry'
        subdivisions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subdivision'
        traits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsightsTraits'

    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
          example: IP_ADDRESS_INVALID
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
          example: The value 'foo' is not a valid IP address.

  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: >
        There was an error with the request. Check the code and error fields
        for details.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: >
        There was an error authenticating the request. Verify your account ID
        and license key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    PaymentRequired:
      description: >
        The service requires payment. Check that your account has sufficient
        credits.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: >
        The request is forbidden. Your account does not have access to this
        service, or the IP address is blocked.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: >
        No record found for the IP address. The IP address may be invalid or
        not in the database.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: >
        Too many requests have been sent in a given period. Slow down your
        request rate.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalServerError:
      description: >
        An unexpected error occurred on MaxMind's servers.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'

tags:
  - name: GeoIP Country
    description: Country-level IP geolocation lookup
  - name: GeoIP City
    description: City-level IP geolocation lookup with postal, subdivisions, and coordinates
  - name: GeoIP Insights
    description: >
      Most comprehensive IP data lookup including anonymizer/VPN/proxy detection,
      user type, static IP score, and connection details

externalDocs:
  description: MaxMind GeoIP Web Services Documentation
  url: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/