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Perl API for MaxMind's GeoIP2 web services and databases
https://metacpan.org/release/GeoIP2/
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Do you have plans for official Perl 6 version? #64

Closed bbkr closed 6 years ago

bbkr commented 6 years ago

Hi

I'm maintaining unofficial GeoIP 1 libraries for Perl 6 - https://github.com/bbkr/GeoIPerl6 . I've noticed that geoipupdate stopped working for legacy databases and that there is official end-of-life announcement here: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/. Which means Perl 6 users will lose access to MaxMind data.

So my question is - do you have plans to officially support GeoIP2 in Perl 6 before legacy databases will be phased out?

I can port my module to libmaxminddb+GeoIPCity2 to provide drop-in replacement, but I'd like to avoid it if possible. It will never be as feature rich as your official libraries and I won't have enough time to add support for all kind of databases (City / ISP / enterprise editions, webservice connectivity, etc.) because GeoIP2 is much more complex ecosystem. Official libraries from you will be more than welcome.

oschwald commented 6 years ago

Thanks for checking in. We unfortunately do not currently have plans to port the GeoIP2 library to Perl 6 and it is unlikely that would change before the GeoLite Legacy EOL.

bbkr commented 6 years ago

Thank you for clarification.

I've started porting GeoIP2 to Perl6 - https://github.com/bbkr/GeoIP2. It is currently at a proof-of-concept stage where IPv4 location can be retrieved. Still a bit rough in terms of code layout and few minor pieces of decoder are NYI. But I'm only small step away from providing drop-in replacement for legacy GeoIP users.

I'd like to thank you for providing database format documentation and test databases. It makes porting DB reader to another language super-easy.

oschwald commented 6 years ago

That looks great! Please let me know when you feel it is ready for consumption and I will add it to our list of third party APIs. Also, please feel free to open an issue on https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB if any part of the spec could use further clarification

I'll go ahead and close this issue.

Thanks!