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Requirements
GeoIP C Library must be installed to run Ruby API.

Usage

Net::GeoIP::TYPE_DISK >> access type constant Net::GeoIP::TYPE_RAM >> access type constant g = Net::GeoIP.new([access_type]) g = Net::GeoIP.open(db_filename[, access_type]) g.country_code_by_addr('127.0.0.1') >> 'US' g.country_code_by_name('yahoo.com') >> 'US' g.country_code3_by_addr('127.0.0.1') >> 'USA' g.country_code3_by_name('yahoo.com') >> 'USA' g.country_name_by_addr('127.0.0.1') >> 'United States' g.country_name_by_name('yahoo.com') >> 'United States' g.country_id_by_addr('127.0.0.1') >> 225 g.country_id_by_name('yahoo.com') >> 225 g.region_by_addr('127.0.0.1') >> ?? Can't test this g.region_by_name('yahoo.com') >> ?? Can't test this g.database_info() >> Misc database info g.update_database(your_key_here[,debug]) >> Updates your database

There is an updated net-geoip module with support for GeoIP City available from RubyForge (SVN checkout required). There is a patch available to add GeoIP ISP/Organization support.

Michal Safranek has contributed a geoipupdate alternative for automating the updates of GeoIP Country.

Credits
Thanks to Sean Chittenden for writing the GeoIP Ruby API.