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Getting user timezone from IP in Django
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import pytz | |
from django.utils import timezone | |
.... | |
timezone.activate(pytz.timezone(user_time_zone)) |
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from ipware.ip import get_real_ip | |
.... | |
ip = get_real_ip(request) |
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import requests | |
.... | |
freegeoip_response = requests.get('http://freegeoip.net/json') | |
freegeoip_response_json = freegeoip_response.json() | |
user_time_zone = freegeoip_response_json['time_zone'] |
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class UserTimezoneMiddleware(object): | |
""" Middleware to check user timezone. """ | |
def process_request(self, request): | |
user_time_zone = request.session.get('user_time_zone', None) | |
try: | |
if user_time_zone is None: | |
freegeoip_response = requests.get('http://freegeoip.net/json/{0}'.format(ip)) | |
freegeoip_response_json = freegeoip_response.json() | |
user_time_zone = freegeoip_response_json['time_zone'] | |
if user_time_zone: | |
request.session['user_time_zone'] = user_time_zone | |
timezone.activate(pytz.timezone(user_time_zone)) | |
except: | |
pass | |
return None |
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