Get-ipInfo.ps1


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<#
    .SYNOPSIS
    This CmdLet can be used to extract the IP Geo-location using the API from https://ipinfo.io
    A Free account required)
    https://ipinfo.io/developers

    .DESCRIPTION

    .EXAMPLE
    .\CmdLets\Get-ipInfo.ps1 -ApiKey YourApiKeyGoesHere -ipAddress 8.8.8.8

    This example will provide geo-ip location details for 8.8.8.8

    city     : Mountain View
    postal   : 94035
    region   : California
    hostname : google-public-dns-a.google.com
    ip       : 8.8.8.8
    loc      : 37.3860,-122.0840
    country  : US


    .INPUTS
    System.String

    You can pipe command names to this cmdlet.

    .OUTPUTS
    Free Account Response
    The free account provides you with the following output but does not include the additional details from the Full Response

    {
        "ip": "66.87.125.72",
        "hostname": "66-87-125-72.pools.spcsdns.net",
        "city": "Southbridge",
        "region": "Massachusetts",
        "country": "US",
        "loc": "42.0707,-72.0440",
        "postal": "01550"
    }

    Full Response (Standard and Pro Account required)
    Here's the full API responses for an example IP address, including the asn object that's included in the standard plan, and the company and carrier objects that are included in the pro plan. If you're on the free or basic plan these additional objects won't be included in the response.

    Full Response (covers Standard and Pro Plans)
    {
        "ip": "66.87.125.72",
        "hostname": "66-87-125-72.pools.spcsdns.net",
        "city": "Southbridge",
        "region": "Massachusetts",
        "country": "US",
        "loc": "42.0707,-72.0440",
        "postal": "01550",
        "asn": { <--- Available in Standard and Pro Plan
            "asn": "AS10507",
            "name": "Sprint Personal Communications Systems",
            "domain": "spcsdns.net",
            "route": "66.87.125.0/24",
            "type": "isp"
        },
        "company": { <--- Only available in Pro Plan
            "name": "Sprint Springfield POP",
            "domain": "sprint.com",
            "type": "isp"
        },
        "carrier": { <--- Only available in Pro Plan
            "name": "Sprint",
            "mcc": "310",
            "mnc": "120"
        }
    }


    .NOTES


    Author:     Luke Leigh
    Website:    https://blog.lukeleigh.com/
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    GitHub:     https://github.com/BanterBoy/
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    .LINK
    https://github.com/BanterBoy/PowerRepo/wiki

#>

[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'default')]

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
        HelpMessage = "Please enter your API Key",
        ValueFromPipeline = $True,
        ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True)]
    [Alias('ak')]
    [string[]]$ApiKey,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
        HelpMessage = "Please enter the IP address you would like to check",
        ValueFromPipeline = $True,
        ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True)]
    [Alias('ip')]
    [string[]]$ipAddress

)

BEGIN {
    # [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
    $SiteURL = "https://ipinfo.io/"
    $AccessKey = ("?token=" + "$ApiKey")
    $ipLocation = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri ( $SiteURL + $ipAddress + $AccessKey )
}

PROCESS {

    foreach ($item in $ipLocation) {
        $ipCheck = $item | Select-Object -Property *

        try {
            $properties = @{
                ip       = $ipCheck.ip
                hostname = $ipCheck.hostname
                city     = $ipCheck.city
                region   = $ipCheck.region
                country  = $ipCheck.country
                loc      = $ipCheck.loc
                postal   = $ipCheck.postal
            }
        }
        catch {
            $properties = @{
                ip       = $ipCheck.ip
                hostname = $ipCheck.hostname
                city     = $ipCheck.city
                region   = $ipCheck.region
                country  = $ipCheck.country
                loc      = $ipCheck.loc
                postal   = $ipCheck.postal
            }
        }
        Finally {
            $obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $properties
            Write-Output $obj
        }
    }

}

END {}

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