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Python MaxMind DB reader extension
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========================
MaxMind DB Python Module
========================

Description
-----------

This is a Python module for reading MaxMind DB files. The module includes both
a pure Python reader and an optional C extension.

MaxMind DB is a binary file format that stores data indexed by IP address
subnets (IPv4 or IPv6).

Installation
------------

To install maxminddb, type:

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install maxminddb

If you are not able to use pip, you may also use easy_install from the
source directory:

.. code-block:: bash

$ easy_install .

The installer will attempt to build the C extension. If this fails, the
module will fall-back to the pure Python implementation.

Usage
-----

To use this module, you must first download or create a MaxMind DB file. We
provide `free GeoLite2 databases
`_. These
files must be decompressed with ``gunzip``.

After you have obtained a database and imported the module, call
``open_database`` with a path, or file descriptor (in the case of ``MODE_FD``),
to the database as the first argument. Optionally, you may pass a mode as the
second argument. The modes are exported from ``maxminddb``. Valid modes are:

* ``MODE_MMAP_EXT`` - use the C extension with memory map.
* ``MODE_MMAP`` - read from memory map. Pure Python.
* ``MODE_FILE`` - read database as standard file. Pure Python.
* ``MODE_MEMORY`` - load database into memory. Pure Python.
* ``MODE_FD`` - load database into memory from a file descriptor. Pure Python.
* ``MODE_AUTO`` - try ``MODE_MMAP_EXT``, ``MODE_MMAP``, ``MODE_FILE`` in that
order. Default.

**NOTE**: When using ``MODE_FD``, it is the *caller's* responsibility to be
sure that the file descriptor gets closed properly. The caller may close the
file descriptor immediately after the ``Reader`` object is created.

The ``open_database`` function returns a ``Reader`` object. To look up an IP
address, use the ``get`` method on this object. The method will return the
corresponding values for the IP address from the database (e.g., a dictionary
for GeoIP2/GeoLite2 databases). If the database does not contain a record for
that IP address, the method will return ``None``.

If you wish to also retrieve the prefix length for the record, use the
``get_with_prefix_len`` method. This returns a tuple containing the record
followed by the network prefix length associated with the record.

You may also iterate over the whole database. The ``Reader`` class implements
the ``__iter__`` method that returns an iterator. This iterator yields a
tuple containing the network and the record.

Example
-------

.. code-block:: pycon

>>> import maxminddb
>>>
>>> with maxminddb.open_database('GeoLite2-City.mmdb') as reader:
>>>
>>> reader.get('152.216.7.110')
{'country': ... }
>>>
>>> reader.get_with_prefix_len('152.216.7.110')
({'country': ... }, 24)
>>>
>>> for network, record in reader:
>>> ...

Exceptions
----------

The module will return an ``InvalidDatabaseError`` if the database is corrupt
or otherwise invalid. A ``ValueError`` will be thrown if you look up an
invalid IP address or an IPv6 address in an IPv4 database.

Requirements
------------

This code requires Python 3.8+. Older versions are not supported. The C
extension requires CPython.

Versioning
----------

The MaxMind DB Python module uses `Semantic Versioning `_.

Support
-------

Please report all issues with this code using the `GitHub issue tracker
`_

If you are having an issue with a MaxMind service that is not specific to this
API, please contact `MaxMind support `_ for
assistance.