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What is Ip2region

ip2region - is an offline IP address localization library and IP localization data management framework. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6 with query efficiency at the 10-microsecond level. It provides xdb data generation and query client implementations for many mainstream programming languages.

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Ip2region Features

1. Offline Localization Library

The project itself provides raw data for both IPv4 (data/ipv4_source.txt) and IPv6 (data/ipv6_source.txt), along with corresponding xdb files (data/ip2region_v4.xdb and data/ip2region_v6.xdb) to achieve city-level query localization. The field format is: Country|Province|City|ISP|iso-alpha2-code. Localization information for China is entirely in Chinese, while regional information for non-China areas is entirely in English.

2. Data Management Framework

xdb supports hundreds of millions of IP data segment rows. Region information supports full customization. The region information of the built-in data is fixed in the format: Country|Province|City|ISP|iso-alpha2-Code. You can append data for specific business needs to the region, such as: GPS information/International Standard Regional Codes/Zip codes, etc. In other words, you can fully use ip2region to manage your own IP localization data.

3. Data Deduplication and Compression

The xdb format generation program automatically processes the input raw data, checks and completes the merging of adjacent IP segments, and performs deduplication and compression of identical regional information.

4. High-Speed Query Response

Even for queries based entirely on the xdb file, the single query response time is at the 10-microsecond level. Memory-accelerated queries can be enabled through the following two methods:

1. vIndex Index Caching: Uses a fixed 512KiB of memory to cache vector index data, reducing one disk IO operation and maintaining average query efficiency within 100 microseconds.
2. Entire xdb File Caching: Loads the entire xdb file into memory. Memory usage is equal to the xdb file size. There is no disk IO operation, maintaining 10-microsecond level query efficiency.

5. Unified Query Interface

xdb provides version-compatible query implementations. A unified API can simultaneously provide queries for both IPv4 and IPv6 data and return unified data.

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xdb Data Query

For API introductions, usage documentation, and test programs, please refer to the README introduction under the corresponding searcher query client. All query binding implementations are as follows:

Programming Language	Description	IPv4 Support	IPv6 Support	Contributors
Golang	golang xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
PHP	php xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
Java	java xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
C	POSIX C xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
Lua_c	lua c extension xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
Lua	lua xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
Rust	rust xdb query client	✅	✅	gongzhengyang
Python	python xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
Javascript	javascript xdb query client	✅	✅	Lion
Csharp	csharp xdb query client	✅	✅	Alen Lee & ArgoZhang
Erlang	erlang xdb query client	✅	❌	malou
Nginx	nginx extension xdb query client	✅	❌	Wu Jian Ping
C++	C++ xdb query client	✅	✅	Yunbin Liu

The following toolchain implementations are contributed by community developers via third-party repositories:

Programming Language	Description	Contributors
ip2region-composer	php composer management client	Zou Jingli
ip2region-ts	node.js addon management client	Steven Qiang
ruby-ip2region	ruby xdb query client implementation	jicheng1014
Ip2regionTool	ip2region data conversion tool	orestonce

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xdb Data Generation

For API introductions, usage documentation, and test programs, please refer to the README documents under the following maker generation programs:

Programming Language	Description	IPv4 Support	IPv6 Support	Contributors
Golang	golang xdb generation program	✅	✅	Lion
Java	java xdb generation program	✅	✅	Lion
Python	python xdb generation program	✅	❌	leolin49
Csharp	csharp xdb generation program	✅	❌	Alan Lee
Rust	rust xdb generation program	✅	✅	KevinWang & gongzhengyang
C++	C++ xdb generation program	✅	✅	Yunbin Liu

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xdb Data Update

The core of the ip2region project lies in researching the design and implementation of IP data storage and fast querying. The raw data ./data/ipv4_source.txt and ./data/ipv6_source.txt included in the project are updated irregularly. For scenarios with high requirements for data accuracy and update frequency, it is recommended to purchase commercial offline data from the Ip2Region Community or third-party vendors. You can try to update the data yourself using the following methods:

Manual Editing and Updating

You can modify the data yourself based on the raw IP data provided by ip2region in ./data/ipv4_source.txt and ./data/ipv6_source.txt using the editing tools provided by ip2region. Currently, the data sources include:

1. Data provided by the ip2region community (please refer to the official account at the bottom for community notifications)
2. Project Issues tagged with [Data_Updates]
3. Other custom data: e.g., data provided by customers, data obtained through GPS and WIFI positioning, or legal and compliant data from other platforms.

For instructions on using the raw IP data editing tools, please refer to the README documents under the following maker generation programs:

Programming Language	Description	IPv4 Support	IPv6 Support	Contributors
Golang	golang IP raw data editor	✅	✅	Lion
Java	java IP raw data editor	✅	❌	Lion
C++	C++ IP raw data editor	✅	✅	Yunbin Liu

Detection Automatic Update

If you want to update data via your own API or data source, you can refer to the update algorithm based on the "Detection Algorithm" shared in the following videos to write your own update program:

1. Data Update Implementation Video Sharing - part1
2. Data Update Implementation Video Sharing - part2

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Official Community

The Ip2Region official community was officially launched on 2025/06/12. On one hand, it provides stable commercial offline data services. On the other hand, it facilitates the strengthening of the IP toolchain and data services outside the core code, such as usage documentation, query testing, and data correction. For more information and services regarding the community, please visit the Ip2Region Official Community.

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Related Remarks

1. xdb Technical Documents:

1. xdb Data Structure Analysis: "ip2region xdb - Data Structure Description"
2. xdb Query Process Analysis: "ip2region xdb - Query Process Description"
3. xdb Generation Process Analysis: "ip2region xdb - Generation Process Description"
4. xdb File Generation Tutorial: "ip2region xdb - File Generation Tutorial"
5. xdb Concurrent Safety Query: "ip2region xdb - Concurrent Safety Query"
6. xdb Data Update Method: "ip2region Data Update and Use of xdb Data Editor"

3. Technical Information Blogs

1. WeChat Official Account - lionsoul-org, the author's active technical sharing channel
2. Ip2Region Official Community