Code doesn't seem to support use of the paid GeoIPCity database

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Code doesn't seem to support use of the paid GeoIPCity database

Closed this issue 12 years ago · 3 comments

Might be a useful thing to allow as it provides better accuracy and more frequent updates.

Answer 1 · 2012-08-24T14:10:31.000Z

Since I've not gotten the specs for the paid GeoIPCity database, I'm not able to write the code to meet them. Does the paid data use a different C API than the free data does?

Answer 2 · 2012-08-24T14:15:34.000Z

Nope, the API is identical. The only difference is the default name of the database which would be GeoIPCity.dat. My issue was prompted by the code I saw that tries to detect free vs lite by naming convention, and I wasn't sure how the service would react to being pointed at a file that didn't have an expected suffix.

Answer 3 · 2012-08-24T23:34:04.000Z

Added more detailed settings info to the settings.py file. This will allow you to specify what data files to use, although things will default to the "free" version.