""" 
use GeoIP to get the city/region information from the IP address if possible

***WARNING*** THE GeoIP module is 'GPL'. including this module in your code will make your codebase 'GPL'
"""

from django.conf import settings

import GeoIP
def get_geo(request):
    try:
        filename = settings.GEO_CITY_FILE
    except AttributeError:
        filename = "/magik/GeoIPCity.dat"
        
    try:
        gi = GeoIP.open(filename,GeoIP.GEOIP_STANDARD)
    except:
        return {}

    ip = request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']
    if settings.DEBUG:
        ip = request.GET.get('IP',ip)
    try:
        gir = gi.record_by_addr(ip)
    except :
#        print "err"
        return {}
#    print ip
#    print gir

    if gir:
        gir['ip'] = ip
        print gir
        return gir
    else:
        return {}