wloc - Man Page

command-line Wi-Fi geolocation tool

Synopsis

wloc [-h] [–google] [–mozilla] [–yandex]

WLoc is a simple command-line Wi-Fi geolocation tool, which can be used to locate user by using global Wi-Fi database (no GPS required).

Use the Google Geolocation API.

Use the Mozilla Geolocation API.

Use the Yandex.Locator API.

Print help message and exit.

WLoc supports of getting API tokens for the third-party geolocation backends with environment variables.

In order to use this application, you need to forward at least one API token:

Export environment variables using export command:

export APIKEY_GOOGLE=ABCDEFG123
export APIKEY_MOZILLA=ABCDEFG123
export APIKEY_YANDEX=ABCDEFG123

Start the application with all available backends:

wloc -g -m -y

This application can use the following third-party geolocation providers:

You can obtain API tokens from these sources:

Google: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geolocation/get-api-key
Mozilla: https://ichnaea.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/index.html
Yandex: https://yandex.ru/dev/locator/doc/dg/api/geolocation-api.html

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