Install

pip install django-geoip-utils==0.0.2

In your settings write:

import geoip_utils
GEOIP_PATH = geoip_utils.where()

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Settings

GEOIP_REQUEST_IP_RESOLVER

The function used for getting the IP of the client from the request.

• geoip_utils.utils.remote_addr_ip uses the REMOTE_ADDR of the request. Good for development and standard setup
• geoip_utils.utils.x_forwarded_ip picks the first IP of HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR. This is useful for Load balancers, but could be spoofed in some cases. Amazon ELB set this reliably though
• geoip_utils.utils.real_ip uses the HTTP_X_REAL_IP attribute

GEOIP_CACHE_METHOD

The caching function used for retrieving the location.

Utils

There are a few server utility functions to make the handling easier:

from geoip_utils import core
core.get_country(request)
core.get_city(request)
core.get_lat_lon(request)
core.get_country_code(request)
core.get_country_name(request)

Filters

There are filters for extracting the information you need in the templates. You need to have django.core.context_processors.request enabled in your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS:

{% load geoip_tags %}
{{ request|country_code_of_request }}
{{ request|city_name_of_request }}
{{ request|postal_code_of_request }}
{{ request|region_of_request }}
{{ request|dma_code_of_request }}
{{ request|area_code_of_request }}
{{ request|lat_of_request }}
{{ request|lon_of_request }}

Todo

• Add a management command to update the database files