require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'net/http'
html = Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse("http://api.hostip.info/?ip=6.255.255.255";))
doc = Hpricot(html)
country_abbrev = doc.search("countryabbrev")
puts country_abbrev.inner_text()On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
