IP Localisation

Returns a users geo location information, with the ability to override based on URL parameters, for Symphony CMS from GeoBytes.

Example Output

An example of the data set returned in your page XML:

<ip-localisation>
    <geobytesforwarderfor handle="geobytesforwarderfor" value="geobytesforwarderfor"></geobytesforwarderfor>
    <geobytesremoteip handle="geobytesremoteip" value="geobytesremoteip">127.0.0.1</geobytesremoteip>
    <geobytesipaddress handle="geobytesipaddress" value="geobytesipaddress">172.217.25.142</geobytesipaddress>
    <geobytescertainty handle="geobytescertainty" value="geobytescertainty">99</geobytescertainty>
    <geobytesinternet handle="geobytesinternet" value="geobytesinternet">AU</geobytesinternet>
    <geobytescountry handle="geobytescountry" value="geobytescountry">Australia</geobytescountry>
    <geobytesregionlocationcode handle="geobytesregionlocationcode" value="geobytesregionlocationcode">AUVI</geobytesregionlocationcode>
    <geobytesregion handle="geobytesregion" value="geobytesregion">Victoria</geobytesregion>
    <geobytescode handle="geobytescode" value="geobytescode">VI</geobytescode>
    <geobyteslocationcode handle="geobyteslocationcode" value="geobyteslocationcode">AUVIMELB</geobyteslocationcode>
    <geobytesdma handle="geobytesdma" value="geobytesdma">0</geobytesdma>
    <geobytescity handle="geobytescity" value="geobytescity">Melbourne</geobytescity>
    <geobytescityid handle="geobytescityid" value="geobytescityid">1225</geobytescityid>
    <geobytesfqcn handle="geobytesfqcn" value="geobytesfqcn">Melbourne, VI, Australia</geobytesfqcn>
    <geobyteslatitude handle="geobyteslatitude" value="geobyteslatitude">-37.817001</geobyteslatitude>
    <geobyteslongitude handle="geobyteslongitude" value="geobyteslongitude">144.966995</geobyteslongitude>
    <geobytescapital handle="geobytescapital" value="geobytescapital">Canberra</geobytescapital>
    <geobytestimezone handle="geobytestimezone" value="geobytestimezone">+10:00</geobytestimezone>
    <geobytesnationalitysingular handle="geobytesnationalitysingular" value="geobytesnationalitysingular">Australian</geobytesnationalitysingular>
    <geobytespopulation handle="geobytespopulation" value="geobytespopulation">19357594</geobytespopulation>
    <geobytesnationalityplural handle="geobytesnationalityplural" value="geobytesnationalityplural">Australians</geobytesnationalityplural>
    <geobytesmapreference handle="geobytesmapreference" value="geobytesmapreference">Oceania </geobytesmapreference>
    <geobytescurrency handle="geobytescurrency" value="geobytescurrency">Australian dollar </geobytescurrency>
    <geobytescurrencycode handle="geobytescurrencycode" value="geobytescurrencycode">AUD</geobytescurrencycode>
    <geobytestitle handle="geobytestitle" value="geobytestitle">Australia</geobytestitle>
</ip-localisation>

Reasonable Free Access Limits

If you expect to exceed the services “Reasonable Free Access Limit” of 16,384 accesses per hour, (about 4.5 look-ups per second), or wish to access the service via SSL, then you may wish to purchase some Mapbytes to pay for these additional look-ups, and thereby become a VIP.

Installation

Follow instructions the on how to install a Symphony extension.

Adding it to your site

1. Navigate to Pages and edit the page you wish to have IP Localisation information
2. Add the IP Localisation Data Source
3. Finished! You'll now see the nodeset in the Page XML.

Overriding the user's IP location

Sometimes we want to override the user's location. There is a URL parameter, ?set_country_code=XX, that updates the /data/param/country value. This allows you to have a country select box, with preset options.

To clear the country code, and go back to the user's location, use the URL parameter ?clear_country_code