How to get visitor location ( country, state and city ) using ASP.NET

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I want to implement this in ASP.NET. I don't have any idea about how to do so, unfortunately.

You can only get an approximate location, and it may be incorrect. — John Saunders, Sep 11 '09 at 05:21
Same. Sorry for the concurrent edit! Feel free to rollback over me. — JoshJordan, Sep 11 '09 at 05:24

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 01 '12 at 20:15

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Here how it is done in asp.net

Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")

Get a copy of IP adress database by location here

http://www.maxmind.com/

edited Apr 01 '12 at 20:15

Chuck Norris

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answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:26

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Should be Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"] in C# – Dean Nov 20 '12 at 04:38

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Why not use Google Analytics? You will get more than what you need. Alternatively you can get the client's ip and use service like ip2location to get the location.

Check this similar question as well. finding clients location in asp.net page.

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answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:26

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score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 11 '09 at 05:42

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by using

string userHost = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(userHost) || 
    String.Compare(userHost, "unknown", true) == 0)
{
    userHost = Request.UserHostAddress;
}

you will get users ip address . Based on this ip address you can find out visitor location details by calling some webservice .

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answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:29

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That server variable is only available if your webserver is behind a proxy or some kind of network device. – David Feb 10 '10 at 14:43
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I believe that was the whole point of his logic, to check for that, and then fall back on the user host address if it doesn't exist. – Justin Mar 18 '14 at 23:23

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '13 at 10:17

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There are a few free web services out there which provide IP-to-location services. For instance:

http://freegeoip.net/
http://www.hostip.info/
http://ipinfodb.com/ip_location_api.php

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 30 '09 at 08:58

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IPAddressExtensions is a free codeplex class library if all you just want is the Country the IP is located from.

answered Sep 30 '09 at 08:58

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 21 '12 at 01:16

First, get the IP address of the visitor using Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR"). Bear in mind that the visitor could be using a proxy server in which case the IP address may not be their actual IP address. For the proxy case, you can check if Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR") contains a value. This will be the actual IP address if the proxy server is not an anonymous proxy server.

Then you have 2 options, using a web service or querying data from your own database. Either way, you will need data which can match an IP address of the visitor to their country, state and city.

Joe Ratzer · Answer 7 · 2021-06-19T11:16:56.903

Using the geolocation API at ipStack (https://ipstack.com), I've used the following:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $.ajax({
            'url': 'https://www.freegeoip.net/json/@(HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress)',
            'type': 'GET',
            'success': function(data) {
                // for example
                if (data.country_code === "GB") {
                    ... further logic here
                }
            }
        });
    });
</script>

It returns a lot of useful information, e.g.:

{
  "ip": "134.201.250.155",
  "hostname": "134.201.250.155",
  "type": "ipv4",
  "continent_code": "NA",
  "continent_name": "North America",
  "country_code": "US",
  "country_name": "United States",
  "region_code": "CA",
  "region_name": "California",
  "city": "Los Angeles",
  "zip": "90013",
  "latitude": 34.0453,
  "longitude": -118.2413,
  "location": {
    "geoname_id": 5368361,
    "capital": "Washington D.C.",
    "languages": [
        {
          "code": "en",
          "name": "English",
          "native": "English"
        }
    ],
    "country_flag": "https://assets.ipstack.com/images/assets/flags_svg/us.svg",
    "country_flag_emoji": "",
    "country_flag_emoji_unicode": "U+1F1FA U+1F1F8",
    "calling_code": "1",
    "is_eu": false
  },
  "time_zone": {
    "id": "America/Los_Angeles",
    "current_time": "2018-03-29T07:35:08-07:00",
    "gmt_offset": -25200,
    "code": "PDT",
    "is_daylight_saving": true
  },
  "currency": {
    "code": "USD",
    "name": "US Dollar",
    "plural": "US dollars",
    "symbol": "$",
    "symbol_native": "$"
  },
  "connection": {
    "asn": 25876,
    "isp": "Los Angeles Department of Water & Power"
  },
  "security": {
    "is_proxy": false,
    "proxy_type": null,
    "is_crawler": false,
    "crawler_name": null,
    "crawler_type": null,
    "is_tor": false,
    "threat_level": "low",
    "threat_types": null
  }
}

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:23

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Get the client IP and find the location of IP using any IP to geo location Mapping service.

answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:23

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