IP Geo Locator
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Feature Request
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WebAdmin
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| Posted: 02 August 2019 08:18 AM |
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Hi,
{exp:ip_geolocator:country_code} doesn’t work for me at all (I always get default value). Any ideas?
I use EE 5.2.6.
Thanks.
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Anthony Mellor
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| Posted: 02 August 2019 09:51 AM |
# 1
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Developer
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Hi,
It is possible that the Geo location service doesn’t recognise your IP address. To check this, try specifying an IP address like this:
{exp:ip_geolocator:country_code ip="216.58.213.100"}
The above IP address is for www.google.com and should return a result. If it does then your IP address isn’t being recognised for some reason.
You can call the Geo Locator API directly by pasting http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip={YOUR IP ADDRESS} into your browser to check that it is working.
You can find more information on the Geo Locator API website: https://www.geoplugin.com/
I hope this helps.
Anthony
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WebAdmin
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| Posted: 02 August 2019 10:21 AM |
# 2
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I did as you mentioned and I got: GB - so default value.
The thing is that my website uses load balancer so REMOTE_ADDR getting proxy server IP, not user IP.
I used the path to API you provided and my address has been recognized properly. An address of load balancer created “null” responses so that’s the problem I think.
Won’t be better to use HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR instead of REMOTE_ADDR?
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Anthony Mellor
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| Posted: 02 August 2019 10:50 AM |
# 3
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Developer
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Hi,
Thanks for your feedback - it is very useful. As a result we will add a switch to the add-on to enable it to use HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR. Hopefully we’ll get this into the next release in a couple of weeks.
For now you can replace REMOTE_ADDR with HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR in the add-on in the code - see line 399 in mod.ip_geolocator.php.
The add-on was just for simple IP lookups and wasn’t designed to be used behind a proxy but we will improve on this.
Kind regards
Anthony
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WebAdmin
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| Posted: 02 August 2019 11:08 AM |
# 4
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Yep, I changed that and Geolocator started working but.. not as expected.
API works well - I should get Denmark country code and I got it here: http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip=185.134.30.248. Unfortunately at the same time Geolocator shows: US.
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR creates the list of IP’s so before we will assign it to $ip we should change it to an array and then grab the first item from an array.
I replaced this line:
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
by this one:
$ip_forwarded = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
$ip_array = explode(', ', $ip_forwarded, 2);
$ip = $ip_array[0];
and IP Geolocator started working properly.
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Anthony Mellor
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| Posted: 02 August 2019 11:31 AM |
# 5
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Developer
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Thanks for the feedback - we will update the add-on.
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