Ruby Maxmind GeoIP2 Bindings

Description

Searches city by IP address in local database from maxmind.com.

It can be used in any standalone Ruby app or in Lotus or in Rails app.

Installation

libmaxminddb must be installed.

gem install maxmind_geoip2

Note: For MacOS users, you may need to pass the paths to libmaxminddb when installing the gem. E.g.

gem install maxmind_geoip2 -- --with-opt-include=/usr/local/include --with-opt-lib=/usr/local/lib

Usage

Configuration

MaxmindGeoIP2.file '<local_db_file.mmdb>' # default: GeoLite2-City.mmdb
MaxmindGeoIP2.locale 'ru' # default: 'ru'

You could place above codes into a initializer file in Rails, for example config/initializers/geoip2.rb.

Further usage:

Returns nil if nothing found and raises exception if file not opened or not found

city = MaxmindGeoIP2.locate(<ip address>, <optional lang>)

city = MaxmindGeoIP2.locate '77.93.127.33'
=> {"city"=>"Тамбов",
"city_geoname_id"=>484646,
"country"=>"Россия",
"country_geoname_id"=>2017370,
"country_code"=>"RU",
"continent"=>"Европа",
"continent_code"=>"EU",
"continent_geoname_id"=>6255148,
"subdivision"=>"Тамбовская область",
"subdivision_code"=>"TAM",
"postal_code"=>nil,
"latitude"=>52.731700000000004,
"longitude"=>41.4433,
"time_zone"=>"Europe/Moscow"}

city = MaxmindGeoIP2.locate '77.93.127.33', 'en'
=> {"city"=>"Tambov",
"city_geoname_id"=>484646,
"country"=>"Russia",
"country_geoname_id"=>2017370,
"country_code"=>"RU",
"continent"=>"Europe",
"continent_code"=>"EU",
"continent_geoname_id"=>6255148,
"subdivision"=>"Tambovskaya Oblast'",
"subdivision_code"=>"TAM",
"postal_code"=>nil,
"latitude"=>52.731700000000004,
"longitude"=>41.4433,
"time_zone"=>"Europe/Moscow"}

Testing

bundle exec rake

License

WTFPL