Feature request: Using IPinfo IP to Country ASN database

[abdullahdevrel]

I am requesting to add support for IPinfo's IP to Country database to the project. The database has the following features:

• It includes country and ASN information in the same database.
• It is updated daily, with zero compromise to accuracy. There is no range clustering, and the database provides full accuracy.
• The data granularity reaches individual IP level.
• The database comes in MMDB database format.
• It is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0, permitting commercial usage.
• Available file formats include: CSV, MMDB, JSON
• The data is tabular and unnested, making it very easy to use. The dataset includes both IPv4 and IPv6 in a single file.

Database schema

Field Name	Example	Data Type	Description
start_ip	1.0.16.0	TEXT	Starting IP address of an IP address range
end_ip	1.0.31.255	TEXT	Ending IP address of an IP address range
country	JP	TEXT	ISO 3166 country code of the location
country_name	Japan	TEXT	Name of the country
continent	AS	TEXT	Continent code of the country
continent_name	Asia	TEXT	Name of the continent
asn	AS2519	TEXT	Autonomous System Number
as_name	ARTERIA Networks Corporation	TEXT	Name of the AS (Autonomous System) organization
as_domain	arteria-net.com	TEXT	Official domain or website of the AS organization

Documentation: https://ipinfo.io/developers/ip-to-country-asn-database

Samples are available here: https://github.com/ipinfo/sample-database/tree/main/IP%20to%20Country%20ASN

The database can be downloaded simply by accessing the storage URI with an access token.

curl -L https://ipinfo.io/data/free/country_asn.mmdb?token=<YOUR_TOKEN> -o country_asn.mmdb

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The project currently uses an IP to Country database and an ASN database separately. Additionally, the current databases have reduced accuracy, and their EULA terms make it impossible to distribute or package the database.

Let me know what you think. Thanks!

[NikolaiT]

Hi,

If you want a more accurate and much cheaper alternative to ipinfo.io, I highly suggest to use the IP to ASN database here: https://ipapi.is/asn.html

It includes the same data as the database from ipinfo.io but has more competitive pricing

[abdullahdevrel]

Hi @NikolaiT It is not our intention at all to advertise a paid service or advocate on basis of pricing to open source projects. The IPinfo service (API or database) I recommended is free. I am not sure what would be cheaper or competitively priced than free. Open source projects are built by a collective community effort of developers dedicating their valuable time that serves everyone. That is why we offer free data to them as a token of gratitude without a revenue motive.

In terms of accuracy claims, I will send you an email as I am not comfortable using spaces for Open Source projects to discuss claims made by business organizations.