Get user location by IP address

Question

I have an ASP.NET website written in C#.

On this site I need to automatically show a start page based on the user\'s location.

Can I get name of user\'s city

Answer 1

Return country

static public string GetCountry()
{
    return new WebClient().DownloadString("http://api.hostip.info/country.php");
}

Usage:

Console.WriteLine(GetCountry()); // will return short code for your country

Return info

static public string GetInfo()
{
    return new WebClient().DownloadString("http://api.hostip.info/get_json.php");
}

Usage:

Console.WriteLine(GetInfo()); 
// Example:
// {
//    "country_name":"COUNTRY NAME",
//    "country_code":"COUNTRY CODE",
//    "city":"City",
//    "ip":"XX.XXX.XX.XXX"
// }