GeoIP in localhost

Question

I am using GeoIP to get country from client address but it returns null

 ip = (req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || '').split(',')[0] || req.connection.remoteAddress;
 country = geoip.lookup(ip).country;

I think this is because I am using localhost since the detected ip is 127.0.1. How to solve that?

so what happens if you don't use localhost? if your server is publicly accessible, I'll click and link and let you know what it says for me. — Adam D. Ruppe, May 08 '14 at 15:12
@AdamD.Ruppe it worked for me on http://gentle-plains-8744.herokuapp.com/ with the same method — Vinz243, May 08 '14 at 15:53
when you get a local loopback for the forwarded-for header then go back up the chain until you have a public on — ratchet freak, May 08 '14 at 16:37
@ratchetfreak i am sorry for being stupid but i didnt understand. — Vinz243, May 08 '14 at 16:44

Dmitry Nikitenko · Answer 1 · 2014-05-21T17:17:27.087

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You can use services like http://fugal.net/ip.cgi or http://ifconfig.me/ip to get your external IP address via http.get() or run a shell command using child_process.exec() (like $ ip on OS X), but it's not a cross-platform solution. I don't think it's possible to get local machine external IP using http.IncomingMessage object (req) or os.networkInterfaces() method.

In your case, I would default to some country/latitude/whatever you need in case of null from geoip.lookup(), at least in development environment.

var geo = geoip.lookup(ip);
var country = geo ? geo.country : 'US';

edited May 21 '14 at 17:17

answered May 21 '14 at 17:12

Dmitry Nikitenko

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Thanks, that is what I will do but I will have to wait production to test whether it works or not :( – Vinz243 May 21 '14 at 17:24

GeoIP in localhost

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