zammad/lib/geo_ip.rb

# Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Zammad Foundation, http://zammad-foundation.org/

class GeoIp < ApplicationLib

=begin

lookup location based on ip or hostname

  result = GeoIp.location( '172.0.0.1' )

returns

  result = {
    "ip"            => "172.0.0.1"
    "country_code"  => "DE",
    "country_name"  => "Germany",
    "region_code"   => "05",
    "region_name"   => "Hessen",
    "city"          => "Frankfurt Am Main"
    "zipcode"       => "12345",
    "latitude"      => 50.1167,
    "longitude"     => 8.6833,
    "metro_code"    => "",
    "areacode"      => ""
  }

=end

  def self.location(address)

    # load backend
    backend = self.load_adapter_by_setting( 'geo_ip_backend' )
    return if !backend

    # db lookup
    backend.location(address)
  end
end