django/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoip2.txt

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Geolocation with GeoIP2
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.. module:: django.contrib.gis.geoip2
   :synopsis: Python interface for MaxMind's GeoIP2 databases.

.. versionadded:: 1.9

The :class:`GeoIP2` object is a wrapper for the `MaxMind geoip2 Python
library`__. [#]_

In order to perform IP-based geolocation, the :class:`GeoIP2` object requires
the `geoip2 Python library`__ and the GeoIP `Country` and/or `City` `datasets
in binary format`__ (the CSV files will not work!). Grab the
``GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz`` and ``GeoLite2-City.mmdb.gz`` files and unzip them
in a directory corresponding to the :setting:`GEOIP_PATH` setting.

Additionally, it is recommended to install the `libmaxminddb C library`__, so
that ``geoip2`` can leverage the C library's faster speed.

__ http://geoip2.readthedocs.org/
__ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/geoip2
__ http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/
__ https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb

Example
=======

Here is an example of its usage::

     >>> from django.contrib.gis.geoip2 import GeoIP2
     >>> g = GeoIP2()
     >>> g.country('google.com')
     {'country_code': 'US', 'country_name': 'United States'}
     >>> g.city('72.14.207.99')
     {'city': 'Mountain View',
     'country_code': 'US',
     'country_name': 'United States',
     'dma_code': 807,
     'latitude': 37.419200897216797,
     'longitude': -122.05740356445312,
     'postal_code': '94043',
     'region': 'CA'}
     >>> g.lat_lon('salon.com')
     (39.0437, -77.4875)
     >>> g.lon_lat('uh.edu')
     (-95.4342, 29.834)
     >>> g.geos('24.124.1.80').wkt
     'POINT (-97.0000000000000000 38.0000000000000000)'

``GeoIP`` Settings
==================

.. setting:: GEOIP_PATH

GEOIP_PATH
----------

A string specifying the directory where the GeoIP data files are
located. This setting is *required* unless manually specified
with ``path`` keyword when initializing the :class:`GeoIP2` object.

.. setting:: GEOIP_COUNTRY

GEOIP_COUNTRY
-------------

The basename to use for the GeoIP country data file. Defaults to
``'GeoLite2-Country.mmdb'``.

.. setting:: GEOIP_CITY

GEOIP_CITY
----------

The basename to use for the GeoIP city data file. Defaults to
``'GeoLite2-City.mmdb'``.

``GeoIP`` API
=============

.. class:: GeoIP2(path=None, cache=0, country=None, city=None)

The ``GeoIP`` object does not require any parameters to use the default
settings. However, at the very least the :setting:`GEOIP_PATH` setting
should be set with the path of the location of your GeoIP datasets. The
following initialization keywords may be used to customize any of the
defaults.

===================  =======================================================
Keyword Arguments    Description
===================  =======================================================
``path``             Base directory to where GeoIP data is located or the
                     full path to where the city or country data files
                     (``.mmdb``) are located. Assumes that both the city and
                     country datasets are located in this directory;
                     overrides the :setting:`GEOIP_PATH` setting.

``cache``            The cache settings when opening up the GeoIP datasets. May
                     be an integer in (0, 1, 2, 4, 8) corresponding to the
                     ``MODE_AUTO``, ``MODE_MMAP_EXT``, ``MODE_MMAP``, and
                     ``GEOIP_INDEX_CACHE`` ``MODE_MEMORY`` C API settings,
                     respectively. Defaults to 0 (``MODE_AUTO``).

``country``          The name of the GeoIP country data file. Defaults
                     to ``GeoLite2-Country.mmdb``. Setting this keyword
                     overrides the :setting:`GEOIP_COUNTRY` setting.

``city``             The name of the GeoIP city data file. Defaults to
                     ``GeoLite2-City.mmdb``. Setting this keyword overrides
                     the :setting:`GEOIP_CITY` setting.
===================  =======================================================

``GeoIP`` Methods
=================

Instantiating
-------------

.. classmethod:: GeoIP2.open(path, cache)

This classmethod instantiates the GeoIP object from the given database path
and given cache setting.

Querying
--------

All the following querying routines may take either a string IP address
or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, both
``'205.186.163.125'`` and ``'djangoproject.com'`` would be valid query
parameters.

.. method:: GeoIP2.city(query)

Returns a dictionary of city information for the given query. Some
of the values in the dictionary may be undefined (``None``).

.. method:: GeoIP2.country(query)

Returns a dictionary with the country code and country for the given
query.

.. method:: GeoIP2.country_code(query)

Returns the country code corresponding to the query.

.. method:: GeoIP2.country_name(query)

Returns the country name corresponding to the query.

Coordinate Retrieval
--------------------

.. method:: GeoIP2.coords(query)

Returns a coordinate tuple of (longitude, latitude).

.. method:: GeoIP2.lon_lat(query)

Returns a coordinate tuple of (longitude, latitude).

.. method:: GeoIP2.lat_lon(query)

Returns a coordinate tuple of (latitude, longitude),

.. method:: GeoIP2.geos(query)

Returns a :class:`~django.contrib.gis.geos.Point` object corresponding to the
query.

.. rubric:: Footnotes
.. [#] GeoIP(R) is a registered trademark of MaxMind, Inc.