Build Your Own IP Geolocation Setup Without the SaaS Tax in an Afternoon
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1 day ago
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reincoder
1 day ago
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I work at IPinfo. We offer unlimited free requests through the IPinfo Lite API. By unlimited, I mean millions of requests per day. The free API provides country and ASN data.

As far as I know, GeoLite2 does not have city-level data for a large number of IP addresses. Even when it does, the city-level accuracy can be quite poor.

So I'd suggest just using our API and pointing to the capital city. That would also remove the need to pay for a VM.

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petee
1 day ago
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There are a few reasons one could chose to not go with saas, but this is someone's small project which was neat; and upgradable to any GeoIP db, I might add...you guys don't need to advertise yourself everytime someone shares it -- https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1oa1pdh/made_a_...
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reincoder
22 minutes ago
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We do not comment to advertise. We participate in IP geolocation discussions because there is a lot of misinformation in this space, and we feel a responsibility to provide accurate information publicly.

In this case, the recommendation was for a free product that requires no setup and no VM cost. The opposite of a sales pitch.

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jqpabc123
1 day ago
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Business oppotunity --- provide this as a service for a more reasonable fee.
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