A Perl module that reads MaxMind DB files and maps IP addresses to location information such as country and city names.
use IP::Geolocation::MMDB;
my $db = IP::Geolocation::MMDB->new(file => 'Country.mmdb');
my $metadata = $db->metadata;
my $data = $db->record_for_address('1.2.3.4');
my $country_code = $db->getcc('2620:fe::9');
Requires Math::BigInt version 1.999806, which is distributed with Perl 5.26 and newer. Requires libmaxminddb 1.2.0 or newer.
Requires an IP to country, city or ASN database in the MaxMind DB file format from MaxMind or DP-IP.com.
Alien::libmaxminddb from CPAN is a build dependency. The built module does only depend on modules that are distributed with Perl.
Run the following commands to install the software:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Type the following command to see the module usage information:
perldoc IP::Geolocation::MMDB
Copyright (C) 2023 Andreas Vögele
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.