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DEPRECATED GeoIP Legacy Python API
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DEPRECATED GeoIP Legacy Python API

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MaxMind GeoIP Legacy Python Extension API

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End of Life

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MaxMind will be retiring the GeoIP Legacy databases at the end of May

2022. Until then, this library will only receive critical security and bug

fixes. Support for this library will end completely with the last release of

the legacy GeoIP databases.



We recommend that you upgrade to our GeoIP2 databases. You can read these

from Python using `our GeoIP2 Python API `_.



See `our blog post `_

for more information.



Requirements

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* Python 2.5+ or 3.3+

* GeoIP Legacy C Library 1.4.7 or greater



Installation

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With `pip`:



.. code-block:: bash



    $ pip install GeoIP



From source:



.. code-block:: bash



    $ python setup.py build

    $ python setup.py install



IP Geolocation Usage

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IP geolocation is inherently imprecise. Locations are often near the center of

the population. Any location provided by a GeoIP database should not be used to

identify a particular address or household.



Usage

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See the examples in the ``examples`` folder.



Troubleshooting

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If you get a "libGeoIP.so.1: cannot open shared object  No such file or

directory" error, add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf then run

/sbin/ldconfig /etc/ld.so.conf



License

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Copyright (c) 2014 MaxMind LLC



All rights reserved.  This package is free software; it is licensed

under the LGPL 2.1 or greater.