Django_Geolocation.md

Django & Geolocation

A quick guide for setting up for getting a user's IP address and geolocation details (from IP Address).

Docs here: http://kirr.co/0osovv

1. pip install geoip2 pytz

2. Create a new directory in your django root (ie where manage.py is) call it: geoip

3. In your settings.py, add the following: GEOIP_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "geoip")

4. Download the city + country datasets here, up zip those folders, and move the upzipped files into your newly created "geoip" folder within your Django app.

5. Now you can use the IP address stuff like:

from django.contrib.gis.geoip2 import GeoIP2

def get_client_ip(request):
    x_forwarded_for = request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR')
    if x_forwarded_for:
        ip = x_forwarded_for.split(',')[0]
    else:
        ip = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
    return ip

def your_request_view(request):
    ip_address = get_client_ip(request)
    if ap_address:
       g = GeoIP2()
       local_data = None
       try:
            local_data = g.city(ip_address)
       except:
            pass
       print(local_data)
    return render(request, "template.html", {})