# New module: Net::GeoIP **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [27 September 2002 23:56 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/new-module-net-geoip/2037 "2002-09-27T23:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sean\_Chittenden2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Sean\_Chittenden2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Sean_Chittenden2)\ **Post date:** [27 September 2002 23:56 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/new-module-net-geoip/2037/1 "2002-09-27T23:56:14Z")
New module: Net::GeoIP Usage: require 'geoip' g = Net::GeoIP.new() g.country\_code\_by\_addr('127.0.0.1') \>\> 'US' g.country\_code\_by\_name('[yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)') \>\> 'US' g.country\_code3\_by\_addr('127.0.0.1') \>\> 'USA' g.country\_code3\_by\_name('[yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)') \>\> 'USA' g.country\_name\_by\_addr('127.0.0.1') \>\> 'United States' g.country\_name\_by\_name('[yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)') \>\> 'United States' Please note that this works on other countries, not just the US. Download: bzip2: [http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.bz2](http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.bz2) bzip2 MD5: [http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.bz2.md5](http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.bz2.md5) gzip: [http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.gz](http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.gz) gzip MD5: [http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.gz.md5](http://www.rubynet.org/modules/net/geoip/ruby-net-geoip-0.01.tar.gz.md5) --Sean > **ยทยทยท** > > -- > All future notices of updates will be sent through [announce@rubynet.org](mailto:announce@rubynet.org) > > Subscribe to [announce@rubynet.org](mailto:announce@rubynet.org): > [http://lists.rubynet.org/lists/listinfo/rubynet-announce](http://lists.rubynet.org/lists/listinfo/rubynet-announce)