"""Retrieves location information from an external service and caches it for 12h (retries are done every 30m in case of problems) Right now, it uses (in order of preference): - http://free.ipwhois.io/ - http://ipapi.co/ """ import json import time import urllib.request __document = None __data = {} __next = 0 __sources = [ { "url": "http://ipapi.co/json", "mapping": { "latitude": "latitude", "longitude": "longitude", "country_name": "country", "ip": "public_ip", }, }, { "url": "http://free.ipwhois.io/json/", "mapping": { "latitude": "latitude", "longitude": "longitude", "country": "country", "ip": "public_ip", }, } ] def __expired(): global __next return __next <= time.time() def __load(): global __data global __next __data = {} for src in __sources: try: tmp = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(src["url"]).read()) for k, v in src["mapping"].items(): __data[v] = tmp.get(k, None) __next = time.time() + 60 * 60 * 12 # update once every 12h return except Exception as e: pass __next = time.time() + 60 * 30 # error - try again every 30m def __get(name): global __data if not __data or __expired(): __load() return __data[name] def reset(): """Resets the location library, ensuring that a new query will be started """ global __next __next = 0 def coordinates(): """Returns a latitude, longitude pair :return: current latitude and longitude :rtype: pair of strings """ return __get("latitude"), __get("longitude") def country(): """Returns the current country name :return: country name :rtype: string """ return __get("country") def public_ip(): """Returns the current public IP :return: public IP :rtype: string """ return __get("public_ip") # vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4