Every major LLM release improved accuracy, finer output, better efficiency and smarter API interactions. But how do those models actually behave when they are asked to perform real world tasks and not just chat?To find out, we tested Grok 4.1, Gemini 3, and GPT 5.1 against the IPstack API, a widely used geolocation API for IP intelligence, security and personalization.This blog is written for…
How to Use Aviationstack With Zapier: Step-by-Step Guide to Automate Flight Data in 2025
December 2, 2025
Tracking flight data manually is time-consuming. If you’re building travel apps, monitoring corporate flights, or automating customer notifications, you need real-time aviation data flowing directly into your workflows. The traditional approach requires custom API…
8 Must Have APIs For Black Friday And Cyber Monday 2025
November 27, 2025
Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be intense for technical teams. You are dealing with traffic spikes, last minute promo changes, unreliable third party tools, fraud attempts, and a very small window to get everything right.Using APIs can take a lot of that pressure off and…
Fake accounts flood your signup forms every day. Attackers use VPNs to hide their real locations, disposable phone numbers to bypass verification, and synthetic identities that look legitimate on the surface. Traditional rule-based validation falls short because it can’t adapt to new fraud patterns fast enough. You end up either blocking real users or letting fake ones slip through.The…
Modern web apps need pixel-perfect screenshots for UI testing, social previews, reporting dashboards, and automated monitoring. But capturing high-quality, fast-loading images remains a real headache for developers.Modern devices have pixel densities ranging from 2x on…
Let’s face it, manually extracting data from websites is a total pain. Maybe you need to monitor competitor prices, gather leads, aggregate content, or analyze market trends. Whatever your use case, spending hours copying and pasting data from websites is not just…
In a recent tutorial, we showed you how to build an IP-based threat detection system using IPStack’s security module (You can watch the step-by-step youtube video here) In this article, we’ll build on that lesson by incorporating real-time alerts that let you know when a suspicious IP address attempts to access your site.Fraud detection is critical for securing your user-facing services.
Building a news app that collates a curated list of top headlines based on a user’s personalized requirements is easier than it sounds! Using a news media API integration and React, you can quickly put together a personalized news application that fetches live news…
How to Build a Real-Time Weather Dashboard Using the Weatherstack API (Step-by-Step)
September 6, 2025
Let’s face it, weather impacts pretty much everything we do. From planning our day to deciding what to wear, weather information is critical for making informed decisions. For web developers, integrating real-time weather data can transform ordinary applications into…
In today’s data-driven world, businesses and individuals rely heavily on accurate and up-to-date information for making informed decisions. APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are crucial in accessing and integrating data from various sources into different applications. One popular API data integration is importing API data into Google Sheets. Furthermore, it is a versatile and widely…