Which tool do you need?
| You want to | Use |
|---|---|
| See the IP address and location websites get from you | What is my IP |
| Find where another IP address is and which network owns it | IP lookup |
| Test whether proxies work and where they exit | Proxy checker |
| Check whether your connection supports IPv6 | IPv6 test |
| Print your IP in a script or terminal | The /ip and /ip.json endpoints |
Each tool shows data from public IP databases. Location is approximate: the country is usually right, the city less often.
What happens to what you enter
- IP lookup: the address goes in the request body, never in the URL, and is not logged. An address we have not looked up recently is checked with an IP data provider, and the result may be cached for up to 24 hours.
- Proxy checker: the host, port, login and password are used for that one check and then dropped. Results show only the host and port.
- What is my IP: your own IP is looked up and the result is cached for up to 24 hours, then dropped.
- IPv6 test: your browser contacts api4.ipify.org and api6.ipify.org directly to read your addresses. We do not keep the test result. The ISP of your IPv6 address is looked up the same way as on the IP lookup page.
Fair-use limits
The tools are free for everyone, so each visitor has a small allowance:
- IP lookup: 10 lookups a minute and 100 a day.
- Proxy checker: 20 checks a minute and 300 a day, up to 10 proxies per run.
