{"id":4280,"date":"2022-11-12T15:41:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serviceobjects.wpaladdin.com\/?page_id=4280"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:05:19","slug":"dots-ip-address-validation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTS IP Address Validation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4280\" class=\"elementor elementor-4280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bbfa8ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4bbfa8ef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ca68c69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ca68c69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70ec3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d70ec3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DOTS IP Address Validation (referred to as \u201cIP Address Validation\u201d) is a publicly available XML web service that provides lookup information about an IP address. The service provides city, state, country, latitude and longitude coordinates, and proxy, ISP, and network information.<\/p><p>IP Address Validation can help provide instant location verification to websites or data enhancement to contact lists.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2480903a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2480903a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c876211 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c876211\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd4eb26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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section lists the\u00a0DOTS IP Address Validation operations and goes into the details behind the inputs and outputs.\u00a0<br>Operations:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-operations\/ipav-getgeolocationbyip_v4-recommended-operation\/\">GetGeoLocationByIP_V4\u00a0<span style=\"color:green\">(Recommend Operation)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-operations\/ipav-getcountrybyip\/\">GetCountryByIP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-operations\/ipav-getlocationbyip-deprecated\/\">GetLocationByIP\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color:red\">(Deprecated)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-operations\/ipav-getlocationbyip_v2-deprecated\/\">GetLocationByIP_V2\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color:red\">(Deprecated)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-operations\/ipav-getlocationbyip_v3-deprecated\/\">GetGeoLocationByIP_V3\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color:red\">(Deprecated)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-codes-and-notes\/\">Codes and Notes<\/a><br>This section shows additional supporting data tables that are associated to the\u00a0DOTS IP Address Validation operations.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-errors\/\">Errors<\/a><br>Similar to\u00a0 the Codes and Notes section, this section reflects details on the error outputs that can happen with the service.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-code-snippets-and-sample-code\/\">Code Snippets and Sample Code<\/a><br>Here you\u2019ll find code snippets for various programming languages and frameworks along with links to our sample code page on the web site.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-try-the-api\/\">Try The API<\/a><br>This is where you\u2019ll go to take the API for a spin.\u00a0 There you can test our recommended operation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-operations\/ipav-getgeolocationbyip_v4-recommended-operation\/\">GetGeoLocationByIP_V4<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-service-reference\/\">Service Reference<\/a><br>In this section you\u2019ll find all the different endpoints supported by this service, input and output schema information as well as an opportunity to try the other endpoints as well.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-ip-address-validation\/ipav-frequently-asked-questions\/\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><br>This is a list of some of the questions we hear more 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If you are using a common platform, Service Objects may already have sample code built that you can use:\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/developers\/sample-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/developers\/sample-code\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, if you are using a common platform that does not already have sample code, you can ask Service Objects to build you an example. Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@serviceobjects.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support@serviceobjects.com<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Web Service Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Web services are methods that integrate with other applications via the web, and encapsulate tricky business logic. Web services are too large of a topic to cover in this document, but Service Objects has developed its web services to be as easy to integrate and as accessible as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IP Address Validation is a public XML web service that supports SOAP, POST and GET operations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>The host path, or physical location of the web service is here: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>The location of the WSDL, or Web Service Definition Language document, is here<\/strong> (This is also accessible via the \u201cService Definition\u201d link.):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/soap.svc?wsdl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/soap.svc?wsdl<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Service XML Request Help Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/web.svc\/xml\/help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/web.svc\/xml\/help<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Service JSON Request Help Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/web.svc\/json\/help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/gpp\/web.svc\/json\/help<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37976188 wp-block-group is-style-card-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37976188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> SOAP is done via POST, only with special XML markup in the post-body.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750373a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"750373a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This WSDL is the definition of the web service, defining its inputs, outputs, operations, etc. You will most likely have a tool read this WSDL and make the operations available to you in your application. 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