Who runs ipnow.kr and what data does it show?

Who operates ipnow.kr?

ipnow.kr is operated by ValueHub. It is a free tool with no signup required, built to give a quick, accurate answer to "what is my IP address" along with a few related details about your connection and browser.

What information does ipnow.kr show, and where does it come from?

The homepage shows your public IP address (IPv4 and/or IPv6), an approximate location with a map, your internet provider and its ASN, your browser, operating system and device type, your User-Agent string, and, when your browser allows it, your private (local network) IP address detected through WebRTC.

Location data comes from the DB-IP geolocation database, used under a CC BY 4.0 license, and is an estimate rather than an exact address; the map itself is rendered with OpenStreetMap data. Because IP geolocation is based on where an address block is registered rather than GPS, it can be off by a meaningful distance, especially on mobile networks.

• Public IP (IPv4/IPv6) and approximate location, from DB-IP (CC BY 4.0)
• Map tiles, from OpenStreetMap
• ISP and ASN
• Browser, OS, device type and User-Agent
• Private IP, via WebRTC, only if your browser exposes it

What data does ipnow.kr log, and how is it used?

Access logs are kept to operate the service and to detect and block abuse, such as automated scraping or misuse of the short link safety checks. Any statistics that are published, whether about IP lookups or short link clicks, are shared only in aggregated form and are not tied back to an individual visitor.

On short link redirects specifically, human visitors may briefly (about 2 seconds) see a Coupang Partners banner before being sent to the destination, along with a disclosure that ipnow.kr may earn a commission through the Coupang Partners affiliate program; search engines and preview bots are not shown this banner.

Is ipnow.kr free, and can I use it from the command line?

Yes, ipnow.kr is completely free and does not require an account for either the IP lookup tool or the short link tool. It is also built to be scriptable: running curl ipnow.kr or curl ipnow.kr/ip returns just your IP address as a single line of text, while curl ipnow.kr/json returns a full JSON object.

The JSON response includes ip, ip_version, country_code, country, region, city, latitude, longitude, asn, isp, as_org, user_agent, browser, browser_version, os, device, is_bot, is_ai, bot_name, accept_language, protocol and time. The endpoint also sends Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, so it can be called directly from a browser-based script on another site.