Get physical position of device with Python?

Question

Is there a way to get the computer\'s physical position using Python, preferably without an API, or with a free API? I\'ve searched around a bit, and the only free API I\'ve

Answer 1

import urllib2
import json

# Automatically geolocate the connecting IP
f = urllib2.urlopen('http://freegeoip.net/json/')
json_string = f.read()
f.close()
location = json.loads(json_string)
print(location)
location_city = location['city']
location_state = location['region_name']
location_country = location['country_name']
location_zip = location['zipcode']

Send HTTP GET requests to: freegeoip.net/{format}/{ip_or_hostname} to receive a JSON output that Python can parse.

I get the following JSON keys, which should be sufficient for what you are needing:

• ip
• country_code
• country_name
• region_code
• region_name
• city
• zipcode
• latitude
• longitude
• metro_code
• area_code