IPGeolocation.io MCP Server

Official MCP server for IPGeolocation.io. Includes 16 MCP tools: IP geolocation, threat/VPN/proxy detection, timezone lookups and conversions, sunrise/sunset/moon data, ASN details, abuse contacts, and user-agent parsing. Seven tools work on the free plan (1,000 credits/day). Paid plans unlock all 16 plus bulk endpoints (up to 1,000 items per call).

Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Codex, Cline, Glama, and any other MCP client.

Item	Value
Package	ipgeolocation-io-mcp
Version	1.0.17
Transport	stdio
Node.js	>=18

Quick Start

1. Create a free IPGeolocation API key

2. Cursor users can install in one click:

   

3. Add this to your MCP client config (see Install by Client below for the exact config file path for your client):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ipgeolocation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

4. Restart your client.

5. Test it: ask "Where is 8.8.8.8 located?"

Table of Contents

• Quick Start
• Install by Client
• Verify It Works
• Tools by Plan
• Tool Reference
• Prompt Examples
• Example Answers and Tool Output
• Error Codes
• How It Works
• Caching
• Environment Variables
• Building from Source
• Docker
• Testing
• Troubleshooting
• Pricing
• Links
• License
• Privacy Policy

Install by Client

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or later
• npx available in your terminal
• An IPGeolocation.io API key for most tools

get_my_ip works without an API key. Everything else requires one.

Sign up for a free IPGeolocation API key

Codex CLI

codex mcp add ipgeolocation --env IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> -- npx -y ipgeolocation-io-mcp
codex mcp list

Start a new Codex session after adding the server.

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ipgeolocation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving. We also ship manifest.json for clients that support MCP Bundles.

Cline

Open MCP Servers panel > Configure > Advanced MCP Settings. Add to cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ipgeolocation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Cline after saving.

Cursor

One-click install:

Or add to .cursor/mcp.json manually:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ipgeolocation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor after saving.

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ipgeolocation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Windsurf after saving.

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Add to your VS Code settings.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "ipgeolocation": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
        "env": {
          "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart VS Code after saving.

Glama

You can try the server on Glama directly. Only IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY is required. Leave other environment variable fields empty unless you want to change cache, timeout, or output limits.

If you don't have a key yet, create a free IPGeolocation API key.

Any Other MCP Client

Use this config:

{
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "ipgeolocation-io-mcp"],
  "env": {
    "IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
  }
}

Verify It Works

Try these after setup:

Prompt	Expected tool
Where is 8.8.8.8 located?	lookup_ip
For IP 49.12.212.42, give me security verdict, company, ASN, and city.	lookup_ip with fields and include=security
Is 2.56.12.11 safe to allow and what is the abuse contact email?	lookup_ip with include=security,abuse
For AS1, list upstream ASN numbers only.	lookup_asn with include=upstreams
Convert 2026-03-07 09:30 from New York to Tokyo time.	convert_timezone
Give sunrise times for Karachi from 2026-03-10 to 2026-03-15.	get_astronomy_time_series
Parse this user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36	parse_user_agent

Tools by Plan

Free Plan

1,000 credits per day. These 7 tools are available:

Tool	Credits	What it does
lookup_ip	1	Location, timezone, currency, ASN for one IP
get_my_ip	0	Public IP of the machine running the server
lookup_currency	1	Currency and country metadata for one IP
get_timezone	1	Timezone by name, location, IP, airport code, or UN/LOCODE
convert_timezone	1	Convert time between two locations
get_astronomy	1	Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, twilight, moon phase for one date
get_astronomy_time_series	1	Daily astronomy data for a date range (up to 90 days)

Paid Plans

All 16 tools. Paid plans also add network, company, and extended asn fields to lookup_ip, plus the include parameter for security, abuse, hostname, liveHostname, hostnameFallbackLive, user_agent, geo_accuracy, dma_code, or *.

Tool	Credits	What it does
bulk_lookup_ip	1 per IP	Batch geolocation for up to 1,000 IPs
check_security	2	VPN, proxy, Tor, bot, spam, and threat flags
bulk_security_check	2 per IP	Batch threat checks
lookup_company	1	Company name and ASN holder for one IP
lookup_network	1	Route prefix, connection type, anycast status
parse_user_agent	1	Parse one UA string into browser, device, OS, engine
bulk_parse_user_agent	1 per UA	Batch UA parsing for up to 1,000 strings
lookup_asn	1	ASN details, peers, upstreams, downstreams, routes, WHOIS
get_abuse_contact	1	Abuse contact emails, phone, address, route

Credit math for lookup_ip with include:

Combination	Total credits
Base lookup	1
include=security	3
include=abuse	2
include=*	4
include=security&fields=security	2
include=abuse&fields=abuse	1

For current plan details and pricing, see the IPGeolocation pricing page.

Tool Reference

lookup_ip

Single IP or domain lookup. Free and paid. 1 credit.

Use this when you need location, timezone, currency, or ASN for one IP address. On paid plans you can add include modules to pull security, abuse, or hostname data in the same call, which avoids extra requests.

Free plan returns base location, country metadata, currency, timezone, and basic ASN. Paid plans add network, company, extended ASN, and the include parameter. Note that domain lookups require a paid plan.

Parameter	Required	Description
ip	No	IPv4, IPv6, or domain. Domain lookup requires a paid plan.
lang	No	Response language. Non-English requires a paid plan.
include	No	Extra modules: security, abuse, hostname, liveHostname, hostnameFallbackLive, user_agent, geo_accuracy, dma_code, or *
fields	No	Comma-separated fields to return
excludes	No	Comma-separated fields to exclude
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache and hit the API directly

Tip: combining include with fields can cut your credit cost. For example, include=security&fields=security costs 2 credits instead of 3 because you skip the base geolocation response. Similarly, include=abuse&fields=abuse costs 1 credit instead of 2.

bulk_lookup_ip

Batch IP lookup. Paid. 1 credit per IP.

Takes an array of IPs or domains (up to 1,000 by default, configurable with IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_MAX_BULK_ITEMS). Supports the same include, fields, and excludes options as lookup_ip.

Parameter	Required	Description
ips	Yes	Array of IP addresses or domains
lang	No	Response language
include	No	Extra modules per IP
fields	No	Comma-separated fields to return per IP
excludes	No	Comma-separated fields to exclude per IP
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

get_my_ip

Returns the public IP of the machine running the server. Free. 0 credits. No API key needed.

Takes no parameters. Always hits the network (not cached). Useful as a quick check to confirm the server process is up.

check_security

Threat and anonymity data for one IP. Paid. 2 credits.

Returns threat score, VPN/proxy/Tor flags, provider names, confidence scores, bot/spam indicators, anonymity flags, and cloud-provider status.

If the same prompt also asks for location, ASN, or abuse data, you're better off using lookup_ip with include=security because it bundles everything in one call (3 credits total instead of 2 + 1 separately).

Parameter	Required	Description
ip	No	IP address to check
fields	No	Comma-separated fields to return
excludes	No	Comma-separated fields to exclude
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

bulk_security_check

Batch version of check_security. Paid. 2 credits per IP.

Parameter	Required	Description
ips	Yes	Array of IP addresses
fields	No	Comma-separated fields to return per IP
excludes	No	Comma-separated fields to exclude per IP
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

get_timezone

Current time and timezone details for a location. Free and paid. 1 credit.

Accepts IANA timezone names, coordinates, IP addresses, airport codes (IATA/ICAO), or UN/LOCODEs. The response includes timezone offsets, date/datetime variants, current_time, current_time_unix, time_24, time_12, week, month, year, timezone abbreviations, and DST transition details.

Always hits the network (not cached) because it returns the current time.

Parameter	Required	Description
tz	No	IANA timezone name (e.g., America/New_York)
lat + long	No	Latitude and longitude
location	No	City or address string
ip	No	IP address
iata_code	No	IATA airport code
icao_code	No	ICAO airport code
lo_code	No	UN/LOCODE
lang	No	Response language. Non-English requires a paid plan.

convert_timezone

Converts a time between two locations. Free and paid. 1 credit.

Takes the same location input types as get_timezone for both source and destination. If you leave out the time parameter, it converts the current time. Always hits the network (not cached).

Parameter	Required	Description
time	No	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm or yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss. Defaults to now.
tz_from / tz_to	No	IANA timezone names
lat_from + long_from	No	Source coordinates
lat_to + long_to	No	Destination coordinates
location_from / location_to	No	City/address strings
iata_from / iata_to	No	IATA airport codes
icao_from / icao_to	No	ICAO airport codes
locode_from / locode_to	No	UN/LOCODEs

get_astronomy

Sun and moon data for one location on one date. Free and paid. 1 credit.

Returns sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, morning and evening twilight, solar noon, day length, moon phase, sun/moon status flags, and live sun/moon position (altitude, azimuth).

Always hits the network (not cached) because skipping date defaults to today.

Parameter	Required	Description
lat + long	No	Coordinates (highest priority when given)
location	No	City or address
ip	No	IP address
date	No	YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today.
elevation	No	Meters, 0 to 10000
time_zone	No	IANA name to control output times
lang	No	Response language. Non-English requires a paid plan.

get_astronomy_time_series

Astronomy data for a date range, up to 90 days. Free and paid. 1 credit per request.

Each daily entry includes mid_night, night_end, morning, sunrise, sunset, evening, night_begin, sun_status, solar_noon, day_length, moon_phase, moonrise, moonset, and moon_status. Use this instead of calling get_astronomy repeatedly for a range.

Parameter	Required	Description
dateStart	Yes	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateEnd	Yes	End date (YYYY-MM-DD). Max span: 90 days.
lat + long	No	Coordinates (highest priority when given)
location	No	City or address
ip	No	IP address
elevation	No	Meters
time_zone	No	IANA name to control output times
lang	No	Response language. Non-English requires a paid plan.
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

parse_user_agent

Parses one UA string into browser, device, OS, and engine data. Paid. 1 credit.

Also classifies bots and crawlers. Note: this parses the uaString you pass in. It does not infer a caller UA from the MCP connection itself.

Parameter	Required	Description
uaString	Yes	The user-agent string to parse
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

Returns name, type, version, device, engine, and operating_system.

bulk_parse_user_agent

Batch version of parse_user_agent. Paid. 1 credit per string.

Takes up to 1,000 strings per request by default (configurable with IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_MAX_BULK_ITEMS).

Parameter	Required	Description
uaStrings	Yes	Array of user-agent strings
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

lookup_company

Returns just the company name and ASN holder for one IP. Paid. 1 credit.

Returns company and asn objects. lookup_ip returns the same data plus location, timezone, and more. Use this when the company/ASN pair is all you need and you want a smaller response.

Parameter	Required	Description
ip	No	IP address
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

lookup_currency

Currency, country calling code, TLD, and languages for one IP. Free and paid. 1 credit.

Returns currency and country_metadata objects.

Parameter	Required	Description
ip	No	IP address
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

lookup_network

Route prefix, connection type, and anycast status for one IP. Paid. 1 credit.

Returns a network object with connection_type, route, and is_anycast.

Parameter	Required	Description
ip	No	IP address
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

lookup_asn

Full ASN lookup. Paid. 1 credit.

lookup_ip also returns an asn object, but only with basic metadata. This tool returns the full ASN record, including peers, upstreams, downstreams, routes, and WHOIS. Call it once with the include fields you need, then filter locally instead of making multiple calls for different slices.

Parameter	Required	Description
asn	No	ASN (e.g., AS13335 or 13335)
ip	No	IP address to resolve to an ASN
include	No	peers, downstreams, upstreams, routes, whois_response
fields	No	Comma-separated fields to return
excludes	No	Comma-separated fields to exclude
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

get_abuse_contact

Abuse contact details for one IP. Paid. 1 credit.

Returns the abuse route, country, contact name, organization, address, email addresses, and phone numbers. If you also need geolocation or security data for the same IP, use lookup_ip with include=abuse (or include=security,abuse) to get everything in one call.

Parameter	Required	Description
ip	No	IP address
fields	No	Comma-separated fields to return
excludes	No	Comma-separated fields to exclude
force_refresh	No	Skip the cache

Prompt Examples

Check if an IP is safe

• Is 49.12.212.42 safe to trust in our network? Give me the threat summary and city.
• Check these IPs for VPN, proxy, Tor, bot, and spam indicators: 49.12.212.42, 2.56.12.11, 8.8.8.8
• For 203.0.113.42, tell me the threat score, whether it is a cloud provider, and whether it looks like a relay.

Find who owns an IP

• Who uses 1.1.1.1 and which ASN routes it?
• For AS24940, list upstream ASN numbers only.
• Is this IP anycast and what route prefix is announced for it: 1.1.1.1

Get abuse contacts

• For IP 2.56.12.11, give me the abuse contact email, phone number, and organization.
• I need the abuse contact for 1.0.0.0 and the network route involved.
• For this IP, show me the abuse contact details only: 198.51.100.27

Timezone lookups and conversions

• What time is it in Tokyo right now?
• Convert 2026-03-07 09:30 from New York to Tokyo time.
• What is the current local time at JFK airport?

Sunrise, sunset, and moon data

• Give sunrise and sunset for London on 2026-06-21.
• Show sunrise times in Karachi from 2026-03-10 to 2026-03-15.
• For New York, give me moon phase and day length on 2026-07-17.

Parse user-agent strings

• Parse this user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_2) AppleWebKit/601.3.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/9.0.2 Safari/601.3.9
• Parse these user agents in bulk and tell me the browser, OS, and device type for each.
• Does this user agent look like a crawler or bot? Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/41.0.2272.96 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)

Example Answers and Tool Output

The text answers below show what a client might say. Exact wording depends on the model. The JSON blocks show raw tool output, trimmed for readability.

Single IP lookup

Prompt: Locate 91.128.103.196 and give me the country, city, ASN, and local time.

Example answer: 91.128.103.196 is in Stockholm, Sweden. ASN is AS1257, operated by Tele2 Sverige AB. Timezone is Europe/Stockholm, local time was 2026-02-12 18:36:54.

{
  "ip": "91.128.103.196",
  "location": {
    "country_name": "Sweden",
    "state_prov": "Stockholms lan",
    "city": "Stockholm"
  },
  "asn": {
    "as_number": "AS1257",
    "organization": "Tele2 Sverige AB",
    "country": "SE"
  },
  "time_zone": {
    "name": "Europe/Stockholm",
    "current_time": "2026-02-12 18:36:54.401+0100"
  }
}

Time conversion

Prompt: Convert 2025-01-21 13:42:52 from DXB to LHR.

Example answer: 2025-01-21 13:42:52 in Dubai converts to 2025-01-21 09:42:52 in London. The difference is 4 hours.

{
  "original_time": "2025-01-21 13:42:52",
  "converted_time": "2025-01-21 09:42:52",
  "diff_hour": 4,
  "diff_min": 240
}

Abuse contact

Prompt: Give me the abuse contact for 1.0.0.0.

Example answer: The abuse contact for 1.0.0.0 is IRT-APNICRANDNET-AU in Australia, covering route 1.0.0.0/24. Email: helpdesk@apnic.net.

{
  "ip": "1.0.0.0",
  "abuse": {
    "route": "1.0.0.0/24",
    "country": "AU",
    "name": "IRT-APNICRANDNET-AU",
    "address": "PO Box 3646, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia",
    "emails": ["helpdesk@apnic.net"]
  }
}

Error Codes

All tools return structured errors instead of crashing the server.

Code	Meaning
400	Bad parameters, invalid date/time format, missing coordinate pair, or unsupported input
401	Missing/invalid API key, free plan calling a paid tool, or non-English lang on free plan
404	Resource not found (e.g., ASN does not exist)
405	Method or subscription restriction from the upstream API
423	Bogon or private IP (10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, etc.)
429	Rate limit, daily credit limit, or account quota exceeded
499	Upstream validation error or unsupported query
502	Server could not reach the upstream API
504	Upstream API timed out

Exact status codes can vary by endpoint and request mode. If an upstream endpoint returns a different error, the server passes it through with a structured message.

How It Works

This is a stdio MCP server that wraps the ipgeolocation.io v3 APIs.

At runtime:

1. Your MCP client starts the server process.
2. The client reads the tool list.
3. When a prompt matches a tool, the client calls it.
4. The server validates inputs, calls our API, and returns structured JSON.
5. Cacheable responses are stored in process memory so repeated identical requests skip the API call.

lookup_company, lookup_currency, and lookup_network are wrappers around parts of the full IP lookup response. They exist as separate tools so MCP clients can discover them when a user only needs one piece of data.

Caching

Tools that return stable data (not current-time lookups) cache their responses in process memory. Repeated lookups are faster and don't use additional credits. Client retries don't generate duplicate API calls.

• Process-level cache, not client or model memory
• Default TTL: 5 minutes (300000 ms)
• Cache resets when the server process stops
• Cache misses on TTL expiry, changed parameters, or force_refresh: true

Cached: lookup_ip, bulk_lookup_ip, check_security, bulk_security_check, lookup_company, lookup_currency, lookup_network, parse_user_agent, bulk_parse_user_agent, lookup_asn, get_abuse_contact, get_astronomy_time_series

Always live (not cached): get_my_ip, get_timezone, convert_timezone, get_astronomy

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY	Yes (most tools)		Your ipgeolocation.io API key
IPGEOLOCATION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS	No	15000	Upstream timeout in ms. Range: 1000-120000
IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS	No	300000	Cache TTL in ms. Range: 1000-3600000
IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES	No	500	Max entries before eviction. Range: 10-5000
IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_MAX_BULK_ITEMS	No	1000	Max items per bulk request. Max: 50000
IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_MAX_RESULT_ITEMS	No	250	Max array items before truncation
IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_MAX_RESPONSE_CHARS	No	200000	Max response text length
IPGEOLOCATION_MCP_MAX_ERROR_CHARS	No	4000	Max error text length

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/IPGeolocation/ipgeolocation-io-mcp.git
cd ipgeolocation-io-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Run it directly:

IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY=<YOUR_KEY> node dist/cli.js

Inspect with MCP Inspector:

IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY=<YOUR_KEY> npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/cli.js

Docker

docker build -t ipgeolocation-mcp .
docker run -e IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY=<YOUR_KEY> ipgeolocation-mcp

Testing

npm test               # full suite
npm run test:unit      # unit tests only
npm run test:integration  # integration tests only

Troubleshooting

Client uses an old tool after updating: Restart the client and confirm it loaded the latest npm version.

401 errors: Check that IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY is set in your config. Some tools are paid-only and return 401 on the free plan. Domain lookups in lookup_ip also require a paid plan.

423 errors: You passed a private/bogon IP like 10.0.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. These have no geolocation data.

504 timeouts: The upstream API did not respond in time. Increase the timeout with IPGEOLOCATION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (default: 15000 ms, max: 120000 ms).

Pricing

For current plan details, credits, and pricing, see the IPGeolocation pricing page.

Links

• IPGeolocation Website
• IPGeolocation API Documentation
• IPGeolocation Pricing
• Create a Free IPGeolocation API Key
• Changelog

License

MIT

Privacy Policy

Read the IPGeolocation Privacy Policy.