Website shows different info from API

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Hello,

I am encountering a weird issue when inspecting IP 203.243.131.33. Here is the data I got from API.

{
  "ip": "203.243.131.33",
  "city": "Sejong",
  "region": "Sejong-si",
  "country": "KR",
  "loc": "36.5924,127.2922",
  "postal": "30020",
  "timezone": "Asia/Seoul",
  "asn": {
    "asn": "AS9848",
    "name": "SEJONG NETWORKS",
    "domain": "sejongtelecom.net",
    "route": "203.243.131.0/24",
    "type": "isp"
  },
  "company": {
    "name": "SEJONG NETWORKS",
    "domain": "sejongnetworks.com",
    "type": "isp"
  },
  "privacy": {
    "vpn": false,
    "proxy": false,
    "tor": false,
    "relay": false,
    "hosting": false,
    "service": ""
  },
  "abuse": {
    "address": "9, Jinheung-gil, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do",
    "country": "KR",
    "email": "irt@nic.or.kr",
    "name": "IP Manager",
    "network": "203.243.128.0/17",
    "phone": "+82-2-1688-2200"
  },
  "domains": {
    "page": 0,
    "total": 0,
    "domains": []
  }
}

We can see that this IP is not labeled for hosting or service. But when I looking this IP up on the IPinfo website I got this.

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And there are both hosting and webserver labels. I am wondering why this is happening? Due some syncing lag between front end and database?

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Hi,

Thank you for posting in our community. That is an interesting question. There are no lag issues, but this requires a bit of explanation.

The IP address in question:

203.243.131.33

  • ASN Type: ISP
  • Privacy: None (Standard Residential IP address)
  • Company Type: ISP

:link: 203.243.131.33 IP Address Details - IPinfo.io

You asked why we are showing the labels hosting and webserver for the IP address.

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These are IP data tags: Tags - IPinfo.io

The ASN type is ISP, meaning most of its IP addresses are used for residential connections rather than hosting. However, IP data tags apply to individual IP addresses, not the entire ASN.

In this case, this specific IP address appears to be running web server software and is likely hosting some websites. That’s why it has the hosting and webserver tags.

Think of it this way: you might have a home internet connection provided by an ISP. If you decide to host a website from that connection, the ASN remains of type ISP, but your specific IP address will be tagged as hosting or webserver in our data.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you.

— Abdullah | DevRel, IPinfo

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Hi Abdullah,

So appreciate for you reply and you explain it clearly. If I am understanding this correctly, the labels hosting and webserver are not reflecting the value from data

"privacy": {
    "vpn": false,
    "proxy": false,
    "tor": false,
    "relay": false,
    "hosting": false,
    "service": ""

Right?

Thanks

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Ahhh….that is interesting. Let me open a ticket to our engineering team. The privacy data is granular to the individual IP addresses, so let me seek some guidance from our team.

5

Hi Adbullah,

Do you have any update on this issue? Also can I have your email address so that I can report you the more detailed problems?

Thank you

6

Hi,

My apologies for the delay. I have already created an internal ticket for this, which is pending a response. You can email our support team directly at support@ipinfo.io which will open another ticket but you can provide additional details as well.

I am sorry for the delay. I have pinged our team for a response.

— Abdullah | DevRel, IPinfo