Fetch country based on the IP Address using python django

Question

Is there any snippet or an example that can help me fetching country from the IP address? First I need to fetch the user's IP and then based on that I need to fetch the country. Below is the snippet that I am trying and have started with.

from geoip import geolite2
match = geolite2.lookup('17.0.0.1')

I am trying with installing geoip package but it throws me below error.

In [1]: from geoip import geolite2
In [2]: match = geolite2.lookup('17.0.0.1')                                                
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TypeError                 Traceback (most recent call last)                                
/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/topenguins/helpers.py in <module>()                                  
----> 1 match = geolite2.lookup('17.0.0.1')                                                

/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip.py in lookup(self, ip_addr)        
    362                                                                                    
    363     def lookup(self, ip_addr):                                                     
--> 364         return self._get_actual_db().lookup(ip_addr)                               
    365                                                                                    
    366     def __repr__(self):                                                            

/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip.py in _get_actual_db(self)         
    348             if self._db is not None:                                               
    349                 return self._db                                                    
--> 350             rv = self._load_database()                                             
    351             self._db = rv                                                          
    352             return rv                                                              

/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip.py in _load_database(self)         
    340                 msg += ' It\'s provided by PyPI package "%s"' % self.pypi_name     
    341             raise RuntimeError(msg)                                                
--> 342         return mod.loader(self, sys.modules[__name__])                             
    343                                                                                    
    344     def _get_actual_db(self):                                                      

/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/lib/python3.6/site-packages/_geoip_geolite2/__init__.py in loader(dat
      7 def loader(database, mod):                                                         
      8     filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), database_name)              
----> 9     return mod.open_database(filename)                                             

/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip.py in open_database(filename)      
    506     with open(filename, 'rb') as f:                                                
    507         buf = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ)                    
--> 508     md = _read_mmdb_metadata(buf)                                                  
    509     return MaxMindDatabase(filename, buf, md)                                      

/mnt/c/u/for_penguins/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip.py in _read_mmdb_metadata(buf)     
    380     """Reads metadata from a given memory mapped buffer."""                        
    381     offset = buf.rfind(MMDB_METADATA_START,                                        
--> 382                        buf.size() - MMDB_METADATA_BLOCK_MAX_SIZE)                  
    383     if offset < 0:                                                                 
    384         raise ValueError('Could not find metadata')                                

TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Just FYI that I am using python 3.6.3

Can you add the full traceback? Also, what OS are you using and how are you trying to install (e.g. pip, conda, etc.)? — gaw89, Jun 12 '18 at 14:33
I did update my post and added the entire trace back from my shell plus. — python_beginner, Jun 12 '18 at 15:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '18 at 15:33

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Install database too: pip install python-geoip-geolite2

answered Jun 12 '18 at 15:33

Dmitrii G.

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Did you find an answer? I'm running into the same thing. I"ve tried string.encode in the geolite2.lookup call but still get error. – ikwyl6 Oct 26 '18 at 00:04

Fetch country based on the IP Address using python django

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