fujiapple852
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10 months ago Hi there @abdullahdevrel thanks for following up!
Trippy currently reads City data from mmdb files and so I think users would need to have the (premium?) IP Geolocation Extended to get that?
I tried downloading the sample in mmdb format but I was not able to get City data from it using the maxminddb crate, perhaps it does not support the ipinfo flavour of mmdb file?
Test code:
use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
use maxminddb::geoip2::City;
fn main() {
let reader = maxminddb::Reader::open_readfile("ip_geolocation_extended_ipv4_sample.mmdb").unwrap();
let addr = IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::from([50, 220, 147, 113]));
let city_data = reader.lookup::<City<'_>>(addr);
println!("{city_data:?}");
}Fails with Err(DecodingError("invalid type: string \"Royal Oak\", expected struct City"))
(I tried decoding as Country as well)
Perhaps this is what you mean by the data being "flat"? Perhaps I have to deserialise to a custom struct with the "flat" structure? Is there a recommend mmdb reader crate for Rust that support ipinfo flavour of mmdb files?
You can package our free IP to the Country ASN database with the project
I'd prefer to allow user to bring their own files rather than bundle it, to keep size down and also to prevent stale data being used.
For that, we will provide an access token that you can use
I'm not quite sure what this is for, presumably the token is used for looking up the ipinfo API? I see you have an API for that. Would the token be something that could be bundled in Trippy for all users or just for development use? I prefer user-provided mmdb files over API access as Trippy will often be used in data centre environment with no external internet access.
By using the IPinfo dataset, you can get both country-level geolocation information and ASN information from a single source.
Just to note that Trippy currently get ASN data from the IP to ASN Mapping Service provided by Team Cymru via DNS TXT records, so it's mostly GeoIp (country, city, lat/long) that are needed.
abdullahdevrel
I am the DevRel of IPinfo. I would like to request supporting the IPinfo free IP to Country dataset in Trippy. Features of the database:
The database comes in MMDB format, so I believe it can be easily ingested in the project. Also, the data structure is flat and predictable. You can package our free IP to the Country ASN database with the project. For that, we will provide an access token that you can use. By using the IPinfo dataset, you can get both country-level geolocation information and ASN information from a single source.
Please let me know what you what you think. If you need any assistance, please let me know. Thanks.
Schema: https://ipinfo.io/developers/ip-to-country-asn-database