# API

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## [About the API category](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/about-the-api-category/21)

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Technical documentation and general resources about our API services

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## [Getting all prefixes or parent ranges (IPv4 and IPv6) from the ASN API using JQ](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/getting-all-prefixes-or-parent-ranges-ipv4-and-ipv6-from-the-asn-api-using-jq/5535)

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**Author:** [@Abdullah](https://community.ipinfo.io/u/Abdullah)\
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**Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/getting-all-prefixes-or-parent-ranges-ipv4-and-ipv6-from-the-asn-api-using-jq/5535 "2024-03-01T18:09:20Z")

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This works for the ASN API. :link: ASN API - Documentation curl -sL ipinfo.io/AS62240?token=$token | jq -r '.prefixes\[\].netblock, .prefixes6\[\].netblock' curl is used for making the get request. -sL is not necess…

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## [Getting the country code of an IP addressing using IPinfo and jQuery](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/getting-the-country-code-of-an-ip-addressing-using-ipinfo-and-jquery/44)

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**Last updated:** [March 27, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/getting-the-country-code-of-an-ip-addressing-using-ipinfo-and-jquery/44 "2023-03-27T11:46:03Z")

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Making an API call and extracting the Country Code You can make an API request to IPinfo.io and extract the country value (E.G - US) from the response payload like so: jQuery.ajax({ // remember to add the Token …

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## [Securing your IPinfo token on the frontend](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/securing-your-ipinfo-token-on-the-frontend/35)

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**Last updated:** [March 27, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/securing-your-ipinfo-token-on-the-frontend/35 "2023-03-27T07:52:16Z")

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We recommend users put their IPinfo token in their backend or server-side because of security reasons, but for many instances, you might need to make the IPinfo API call from the frontend such as — web personalization, l…