What python libraries can tell me approximate location and time zone given an IP address?

Question

Looking to implement better geo-location with Python.

Answer 1

I posted this in another question that had been buried, but linked here:

#!/usr/bin/env python 
from urllib2 import urlopen
from contextlib import closing
import json

# Automatically geolocate the connecting IP
url = 'http://freegeoip.net/json/'
try:
    with closing(urlopen(url)) as response:
        location = json.loads(response.read())
        print(location)
        location_city = location['city']
        location_state = location['region_name']
        location_country = location['country_name']
        location_zip = location['zipcode']
except:
    print("Location could not be determined automatically")

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