Exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks for your help
:)
On 28 Nov, 01:28, "Song Ginger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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=6.255.255.255returns (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.
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