> Hi all! > In my app I want to detect what country a visitor is viewing from by > their IP. > > Although it's by no means perfect, the simplest option I've found is > by using this site: > http://api.hostip.info/ > > by passing the ip address as a query, this site returns an xml file > with the country as one of the tags. > > http://api.hostip.info/?ip=6.255.255.255 returns (amongst other > things) > "<countryAbbrev>US</countryAbbrev>" > > Could somebody suggest the best way to assert the value of this > particular tag in the xml file?
hpricot or that new one... nokugirl (or something like that). I know hpricot can parse XML easily. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
