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Extensible geolocation lookup for Laravel — driver-based, addon-ready.

Geolax Geolocate provides a clean, driver-based architecture for IP geolocation. Install the base package, pick an addon (or build your own), and start looking up IPs in seconds.

Installation

composer require geolax/geolocate

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="geolocate-config"

Configuration

// config/geolocate.php

return [
    'default' => env('GEOLOCATE_DRIVER', 'freeipapi'),

    'drivers' => [
        'freeipapi' => [
            'driver'   => 'freeipapi',
            'base_url' => env('GEOLOCATE_FREEIPAPI_URL', 'https://freeipapi.com'),
            'api_key'  => env('GEOLOCATE_FREEIPAPI_KEY'),
            'server'   => env('GEOLOCATE_FREEIPAPI_SERVER', 'free'),
            'timeout'  => 5,
        ],
    ],
];

Available Addons

Install an addon alongside the base package. Addons are auto-discovered by Laravel — no manual registration needed.

Usage

Via Facade

use Geolax\Geolocate\Facades\Geolocate;

$result = Geolocate::lookup('1.1.1.1');

$result->ipAddress;    // "1.1.1.1"
$result->countryName;  // "Australia"
$result->countryCode;  // "AU"
$result->cityName;     // "Sydney"
$result->latitude;     // -33.8688
$result->longitude;    // 151.209
$result->timezone;     // "Australia/Sydney"
$result->currency;     // "AUD"
$result->driver;       // "freeipapi"

Via Dependency Injection

use Geolax\Geolocate\Contracts\Driver;

class GeoController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(private Driver $geolocate) {}

    public function locate(Request $request)
    {
        $result = $this->geolocate->lookup($request->ip());

        return response()->json($result->toArray());
    }
}

Lookup Current Request IP

// Pass null or no argument to look up the caller's IP
$result = Geolocate::lookup();

Use a Specific Driver

$result = Geolocate::driver('freeipapi')->lookup('8.8.8.8');

Access Raw Provider Data

Each provider may return additional fields beyond the standard DTO. Access them via the raw property:

$result = Geolocate::lookup('1.1.1.1');

$result->raw['asn'];             // "13335"
$result->raw['asnOrganization']; // "Cloudflare, Inc."
$result->raw['isProxy'];         // false
$result->raw['timeZones'];       // ["Australia/Sydney", "Australia/Melbourne", ...]

The GeolocationResult DTO

Every lookup returns an immutable GeolocationResult with these properties:

Creating Your Own Addon

Any developer can create a geolocation addon without modifying the base package.

1. Create a Driver

<?php

namespace Acme\IpInfo;

use Geolax\Geolocate\Contracts\Driver;
use Geolax\Geolocate\Data\GeolocationResult;

class IpInfoDriver implements Driver
{
    public function __construct(protected array $config = []) {}

    public function lookup(?string $ip = null): GeolocationResult
    {
        // Call your API, then map the response:
        return new GeolocationResult(
            ipAddress: $ip,
            countryName: 'United States',
            countryCode: 'US',
            driver: 'ipinfo',
            raw: $apiResponse,
        );
    }
}

2. Create a Service Provider

<?php

namespace Acme\IpInfo;

use Geolax\Geolocate\GeolocateManager;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class IpInfoServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        $this->app->resolving(GeolocateManager::class, function (GeolocateManager $manager) {
            $manager->extend('ipinfo', function ($app, array $config) {
                return new IpInfoDriver($config);
            });
        });
    }
}

3. Add Auto-Discovery

In your addon's composer.json:

{
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "providers": [
                "Acme\\IpInfo\\IpInfoServiceProvider"
            ]
        }
    }
}

4. Users Configure It

// config/geolocate.php
'default' => 'ipinfo',

'drivers' => [
    'ipinfo' => [
        'driver'  => 'ipinfo',
        'api_key' => env('IPINFO_API_KEY'),
    ],
],

That's it. The base package handles everything else.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits

• Bishwajit Adhikary
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.