GEOIP

NAME

geoip - Finds geolocalisation information about an ip address.

SYNOPSIS

geoip ([error:variable,db:"string"],ip:"string");

DESCRIPTION

This function is used to retrieve geolocalisation information about an IP address.

PARAMETERS

ip

IP address for which geolocalisation information is desired.

error

Parameter to use to return error information.

db

Database file used to get the geolocalisation information. Defaults to /usr/local/website/GeoIPCity.dat which is part of any Extenso installation.

RETURN

Array

Associative array of geolocalisation information

MODULES

To use this module, you must specify the following in /usr/local/website/site.conf:

Module geoip {
        Library : "/usr/local/lib/libsngeoip.so"
        Init : "sngeoip_init"
}

EXAMPLES

res=<{geoip(error: t,"50.21.175.111"); t.errcode;}>. return

res={"region":"QC","region_name":"Quebec","areacode":0,"ip":"50.21.175.111",
"city":"Montreal","timezone":"America/Montreal","longitude":-73.5833,"latitude":45.5,"postal_code":"","dmacode":0,"country_code":"CA"}0.

res=<{geoip(1);}>. return .*Can't find record for this IP.*

res=<{geoip(error:t,1); t}>. return .*Can't find record for this IP.*

res=<{geoip("1");}>. return .*Can't find record for this IP.*

Test geoip
<{
            a= connection();
                geoip(a.client_ip);

}>

return

Test geoip
{"region":"QC","region_name":"Quebec","areacode":0,"ip":"24.225.142.113","city":"L'assomption","timezone":"America/Montreal","longitude":-73.4333,"latitude":45.8167,"postal_code":"","dmacode":0,"country_code":"CA"}

SEE ALSO

• context

AUTHOR

Written by Pierre Laplante and Caroline Laplante, <laplante@sednove.com>

MODIFICATIONS

1.0 2014-09-09 21:24:14 laplante@sednove.com