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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoip2.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/4.2.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoip2.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoip2.txt index 6312c5d874..c106acdf0f 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoip2.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoip2.txt @@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ library`__. [#]_ In order to perform IP-based geolocation, the :class:`GeoIP2` object requires the `geoip2 Python library`__ and the GeoIP ``Country`` and/or ``City`` -`datasets in binary format`__ (the CSV files will not work!). Grab the -``GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz`` and ``GeoLite2-City.mmdb.gz`` files and unzip them -in a directory corresponding to the :setting:`GEOIP_PATH` setting. +datasets in binary format (the CSV files will not work!), downloaded from e.g. +`MaxMind`__ or `DB-IP`__ websites. Grab the ``GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz`` and +``GeoLite2-City.mmdb.gz`` files and unzip them in a directory corresponding to +the :setting:`GEOIP_PATH` setting. Additionally, it is recommended to install the `libmaxminddb C library`__, so that ``geoip2`` can leverage the C library's faster speed. @@ -20,8 +21,13 @@ that ``geoip2`` can leverage the C library's faster speed. __ https://geoip2.readthedocs.io/ __ https://pypi.org/project/geoip2/ __ https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite2-free-geolocation-data +__ https://db-ip.com/db/lite.php __ https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/ +.. versionchanged:: 4.2 + + Support for ``.mmdb`` files downloaded from DB-IP was added. + Example ======= diff --git a/docs/releases/4.2.txt b/docs/releases/4.2.txt index 078fc88193..3a9a99a3c2 100644 --- a/docs/releases/4.2.txt +++ b/docs/releases/4.2.txt @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ Minor features * The :class:`~django.contrib.gis.gdal.GDALRaster` class now supports :class:`pathlib.Path`. +* The :class:`~django.contrib.gis.geoip2.GeoIP2` class now supports ``.mmdb`` + files downloaded from DB-IP. + :mod:`django.contrib.messages` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |