NAME

Geo::IPfree - Look up country of IP Address. This module make this off-line and the DB of IPs is free.

SYNOPSIS

  use Geo::IPfree;
  my ($country,$country_name) = Geo::IPfree::LookUp("192.168.0.1") ;
  
  ... or ...
  
  use Geo::IPfree qw(LookUp) ;
  my ($country,$country_name) = LookUp("200.176.3.142") ;
  
  ... or ...

  use Geo::IPfree;
  my $GeoIP = Geo::IPfree->new('/GeoIPfree/ipscountry.dat') ;
  my ($country,$country_name,$ip) = $GeoIP->LookUp("www.cnn.com") ; ## Getting by Hostname.
  
  $GeoIP->LoadDB('/GeoIPfree/ips.dat') ;
  
  my ($country,$country_name,$ip) = $GeoIP->LookUp("www.sf.net") ; ## Getting by Hostname.
  
  ... or ...
  
  use Geo::IPfree;  
  my $GeoIP = Geo::IPfree::new() ; ## Using the default DB!
  my ($country,$country_name) = $GeoIP->LookUp("64.236.24.28") ;

DESCRIPTION

  This package comes with it's own database to look up the IP's country, and is totally free.
  
  Take a look in CPAN for updates...
  

METHODS

LoadDB

Load the database to use to LookUp the IPs.

LookUp

Returns the ISO 3166 country (XX) code for an IP address or Hostname.

**If you send a Hostname you will need to be connected to the internet to resolve the host IP.

VARS

$GeoIP->{db}

The database file in use.

$this->{handler}

The database file handler.

AUTHOR

Graciliano M. P. <gm@virtuasites.com.br>

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.