geoip(3)							    Version 0.2 							  geoip(3)

NAME

       geoip - A Tcl extension for geographic or organisational lookup of IP addresses and hostnames.

SYNOPSIS

       geoip open [-type TYPE ] [-flags FLAG ]
       geoip open [-file PATH ] [-flags FLAG ]
       geoip [COMMAND]
       geoip [QUERY] arg1

DESCRIPTION

       This Tcl extension encapsulates most of GeoIP C API functions into tcl commands.

OPEN OPTIONS

       open takes either a file path and a set of flags, or a type and a set of flags.	Supported types and flags are described below.

       TYPE   Looks under the standard installation share directory, eg /usr/local/share/GeoIP/ for a GeoIP database according to type.

       PATH   Absolute/relative path to GeoIP database.

       FLAG   Flags seperated by ':', eg memory_cache:memory_check

COMMAND

       Individual singular commands can be one of:

       close  Close the currently open database.

       db_info
	      Get information about the current database.

       db_edition
	      Returns edition of opened database.

       db_avail
	      Test the availability of databases in your system in known locations. e.g db_avail country_edition

QUERY

       Commands that query the database. All commands return N/A if a result cannot be found. If none already open, a command will attempt to open
       a suitable database. country commands will open a country_edition database. region commands will open a region_edition_rev1 one. name  com-
       mands will open an org_edition one, and the record_edition will open a city_edition_rev1 database. The commands are:

       country_code_by_addr
	      Takes an IP address and returns the ISO-3166-1 Alpha-2 code of the country.

       country_code3_by_addr
	      Takes an IP address and returns the ISO-3166-1 Alpha-3 code the country.

       country_code_by_name
	      Takes a hostname and returns the ISO-3166-1 Alpha-2 code the country.

       country_code3_by_name
	      Takes a hostname and returns the ISO-3166-1 Alpha-3 code the country.

       country_name_by_addr
	      Takes an IP address and returns the country name.

       country_name_by_name
	      Takes a hostname and returns the country name.

       name_by_addr
	      Takes an IP address and returns the organisation name (or ISP/ASnum according to the opened database)

       name_by_name
	      Takes a hostname and returns the organisation name.

       region_by_addr
	      Takes an IP address and returns these region attributes as in an associative array: country, region

       region_by_name
	      Takes a hostname and returns the region attributes.

       record_by_addr
	      Takes  an  IP  address and returns these record attributes as in an associative array: code, code3, region, country, city, postcode,
	      latitude, longitude, dma(dma code), and area (area code)

       record_by_name
	      Takes a hostname and returns the record attributes.

TYPES

       Relevant types of databases are: country_edition, org_edition, isp_edition,  city_edition_rev1,	region_edition_rev1,  geoip_asnum_edition.
       "open -type" will accept their unambiguous abbreviations.

FLAGS

       Valid flags are: standard, memory_cache, check_cache, index_cache.

FILES

       ./share/GeoIP.dat
	      GeoIP country_edition database.

       ./share/GeoIPOrg.dat
	      GeoIP org_edition database.

       ./share/GeoIPCity.dat
	      GeoIP region_city_rev1 database.

       ./share/GeoIPRegion.dat
	      GeoIP region_edition_rev1 database.

       ./share/GeoIPASNum.dat
	      GeoIP asnum_edition database.

BUGS

       Please report to author.

AUTHOR

       Djihed Afifi <djihed@gmail.com>.

SEE ALSO

       GeoIP C API documentation <www.maxmind.com>

Tcl extension							    April 2007								  geoip(3)