# IP::Geolocation::MMDB

A Perl module that reads MaxMind DB files and maps IP addresses to location
information such as country and city names.

    use IP::Geolocation::MMDB;
    my $db = IP::Geolocation::MMDB->new(file => '/path/to/Country.mmdb');
    my $metadata = $db->metadata;
    my $data = $db->get('1.2.3.4');
    my $country_code = $db->getcc('2620:fe::9');

## DEPENDENCIES

Requires Math::BigInt version 1.999806, which is distributed with Perl 5.26 and
newer.  Requires libmaxminddb 1.2.0 or newer.

Requires a database in the MaxMind DB file format from
[MaxMind](https://www.maxmind.com/) or [DP-IP.com](https://db-ip.com/).

Alien::libmaxminddb from CPAN is a build dependency.  The built module does
only depend on modules that are distributed with Perl.

## INSTALLATION

Run the following commands to install the software:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

Type the following command to see the module usage information:

    perldoc IP::Geolocation::MMDB

## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2025 Andreas Vögele

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.