module ActsAsGeocodable::RemoteLocation

Public Instance Methods

remote_location() click to toggle source

Get the remote location of the request IP using hostip.info

# File lib/acts_as_geocodable/remote_location.rb, line 6
def remote_location
  if request.remote_ip == "127.0.0.1"
    # otherwise people would complain that it doesn't work
    Graticule::Location.new(locality: "localhost")
  else
    Graticule.service(:host_ip).new.locate(request.remote_ip)
  end
rescue Graticule::Error => error
  logger.warn "An error occurred while looking up the location of '#{request.remote_ip}': #{error.message}"
  nil
end