maxmind

node-maxmind

Pure Javascript module for Geo IP lookup using Maxmind binary databases (aka mmdb or geoip2). Fastest Maxmind lookup library available - up to 17,000% faster than other libraries. Module has 100% test coverage with comprehensive test suite. It natively works with binary Maxmind database format and doesn't require any "CSV - {specific lib format}" conversions as some other modules do. Maxmind binary databases are highly optimized for size and performance so there's no point working with other than that format.

GEO databases

You might want to use geolite2 module with free geo databases. Alternatively, free databases available for download here. If you need better accuracy you should consider buying commercial subscription.

Installation

npm i maxmind

Usage

var maxmind = require('maxmind');

maxmind.open('/path/to/GeoLite2-City.mmdb', (err, cityLookup) => {
  var city = cityLookup.get('66.6.44.4');
});

maxmind.open('/path/to/GeoOrg.mmdb', (err, orgLookup) => {
  var city = orgLookup.get('66.6.44.4');
});

// Be careful with sync version! Since mmdb files
// are quite large (city database is about 100Mb)
// `fs.readFileSync` blocks whole process while it
// reads file into buffer.

var cityLookup = maxmind.openSync('/path/to/GeoLite2-City.mmdb');
var city = cityLookup.get('66.6.44.4');

var orgLookup = maxmind.openSync('/path/to/GeoOrg.mmdb');
var organization = orgLookup.get('66.6.44.4');

V6 Support

Module is fully compatible with IPv6. There are no differences in API between IPv4 and IPv6.

var lookup = maxmind.openSync('/path/to/GeoLite2.mmdb');
var location = lookup.get('2001:4860:0:1001::3004:ef68');

Options

cache

Module uses tiny-lru. You can configure its settings by doing following:

var lookup = maxmind.openSync('/path/to/GeoLite2.mmdb', {
  cache: {
    max: 500, // Max items in cache, by default it's 6000
  }
});
lookup.get('1.1.1.1');

watchForUpdates

Supports reloading the reader when changes occur to the database that is loaded. (default false). Only supported by Node v0.5.10+.

var lookup = maxmind.openSync('/path/to/GeoLite2.mmdb', { watchForUpdates: true });
lookup.get('1.1.1.1');

IP addresses validation

Module supports validation for both IPv4 and IPv6:

maxmind.validate('66.6.44.4'); // returns true
maxmind.validate('66.6.44.boom!'); // returns false

maxmind.validate('2001:4860:0:1001::3004:ef68'); // returns true
maxmind.validate('2001:4860:0:1001::3004:boom!'); // returns false

GeoIP Legacy binary format

In case you want to use legacy GeoIP binary databases you should use maxmind@0.6.

References

• Loosely based on https://github.com/PaddeK/node-maxmind-db
• MaxMind DB file format specification http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/
• MaxMind test/sample DB files https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB
• GeoLite2 Free Downloadable Databases http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/
• Great talk about V8 performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJPdhx5zTaw
• V8 Optimization killers https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird/wiki/Optimization-killers
• More V8 performance tips http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/v8/

License

MIT