---
title: "The Geolocation facade — Geolocation for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Every Geolocation facade method in one place — locate, batch, distance and matrix, scoping and overrides, database refresh and cache control."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/geolocation-for-laravel/facade
language: en
---

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# The Geolocation facade

The Geolocation facade is the recommended entry point. It is registered automatically (global alias Geolocation) and resolves GeolocationManager, so every call below also works on an injected manager — see DI and actions. The full surface:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\Geolocation\DataTransferObjects\Coordinates;
use RoundlyConsulting\Geolocation\DataTransferObjects\DistanceQuery;
use RoundlyConsulting\Geolocation\DataTransferObjects\GeolocationQuery;
use RoundlyConsulting\Geolocation\Enum\DistanceType;
use RoundlyConsulting\Geolocation\Facades\Geolocation;

// Locate
Geolocation::locateIp('8.8.8.8');                  // ?Location
Geolocation::locateRequest();                      // the client IP of the current request
Geolocation::locateAddress('1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View');
Geolocation::locateCoordinates(new Coordinates(48.1486, 17.1077));
Geolocation::locate(GeolocationQuery::forIp('8.8.8.8'));
Geolocation::batch(['8.8.8.8', '1.1.1.1']);        // array<string, ?Location>

// Measure
Geolocation::distanceBetween($from, $to);          // ?Distance — driving by default
Geolocation::distance(DistanceQuery::between($from, $to, DistanceType::Walking));
Geolocation::distanceMatrix([$warehouse], [$a, $b]);   // DistanceMatrix

// Scoped copies — they apply to the call they are chained to, nothing else
Geolocation::provider('ipinfo')->locateIp('8.8.8.8');
Geolocation::using('maxmind_database', 'ipinfo')->locateIp('8.8.8.8');
Geolocation::withToken('ipinfo', 'runtime-token')->locateIp('8.8.8.8');
Geolocation::withTimeout(10)->locateIp('8.8.8.8');

// Maintain
Geolocation::updateDatabase();                     // refresh the MaxMind .mmdb, returns the path
Geolocation::forget(GeolocationQuery::forIp('8.8.8.8'));   // drop one cached result
Geolocation::flushCache();                         // drop every cached lookup and distance
Geolocation::extend('my_provider', fn () => new MyProvider());
```

## Method reference

| Method | Returns | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `locateIp($ip) / locateAddress($address)` | `?Location` | Resolve an IP or a street address. |
| `locateCoordinates($coordinates)` | `?Location` | Reverse-geocode a Coordinates value. |
| `locateRequest(?$request)` | `?Location` | The client IP of the current (or given) request; null without an IP. |
| `locate($query)` | `?Location` | Resolve any GeolocationQuery. |
| `batch($ips)` | `array<string, ?Location>` | Many IPs at once; failures become null per item. |
| `distance($query)` | `?Distance` | Travel distance for a DistanceQuery. |
| `distanceBetween($from, $to, $type)` | `?Distance` | distance() without building the query; Driving by default. |
| `distanceMatrix($origins, $destinations, $type)` | `DistanceMatrix` | An origin × destination grid in one call. |
| `updateDatabase(?$edition, ?$path)` | `string` | Download or refresh the MaxMind .mmdb; returns the written path. |
| `forget($query)` | `bool` | Drop one cached lookup or distance. |
| `flushCache()` | `void` | Invalidate every cached lookup and distance. |
| `provider($name) / using(...$names)` | `GeolocationManager` | A scoped copy that consults only the named providers. |
| `withToken($provider, $token)` | `GeolocationManager` | A scoped copy that sends this token or key to the named provider only. |
| `withConfig($provider, $overrides)` | `GeolocationManager` | A scoped copy with config overrides for the named provider only. |
| `withTimeout($seconds)` | `GeolocationManager` | A scoped copy with this HTTP timeout for every provider. |
| `extend($name, $factory)` | `GeolocationManager` | Register a closure provider for the pipeline. |
| `fake(array $results = [])` | `GeolocationFake` | Swap in the recording fake — see Testing. |

locate(), distance() and distanceBetween() return null when no provider can resolve the query, including when every provider is unreachable. provider(), using() and the with\*() overrides return a scoped copy of the manager: it lasts exactly as long as the call chain it is attached to, and the shared manager never changes. GeolocationManager is also Macroable — see Per-call options.

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