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Automatic updates and administration of MaxMind GeoIP2 databases.
To install geoip2-tools, run this command in your terminal:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install geoip2-tools
This is the preferred method to install geoip2-tools, as it will always install the most recent stable release.
To use this library you must first obtain a license from Maxmind. It is free for the geolite2 version of the database.
Sign up for a Maxmind Geolite2 account <https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup>
_Log in to your Maxmind account <https://www.maxmind.com/en/account/login>
_Services > My License Key
.Generate new license key
.geoip2-tools downloads the latest version of the database and keeps it updated for you. By default every 7 days it is downloaded from the Maxmind servers.
.. code-block:: python
from geoip2_tools.manager import Geoip2DataBaseManager
geoip2_manager = Geoip2DataBaseManager('<license key>')
print(geoip2_manager['country'].reader.country('1.1.1.1').country.name) # Australia
Geoip2-tools has aliases for the city, country, and asn Geolite2 databases. The country database is smaller than city. The city database also contains the countries:
.. code-block:: python
city = geoip2_manager['country'].reader.city('<ip address>')
print(city.city.name)
print(city.country.name)
To obtain the ASN you must use the asn database:
.. code-block:: python
asn = geoip2_manager['country'].reader.asn('<ip address>')
print(asn.autonomous_system_number)
print(asn.autonomous_system_organization)
FAQs
Automatic updates and administration of MaxMind GeoIP2 databases.
We found that geoip2-tools demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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