Python: Django: How can i find the users Lattitude and Longitude so that i can show the users location?

Question

Is there any possibility to find the user's location in django. I mean is there any way to get the latitude and longitude and then the location.

See [What python libraries can tell me approximate location and timezone given an IP address?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2543018/what-python-libraries-can-tell-me-approximate-location-and-timezone-given-an-ip) — Shawn Chin, Dec 20 '12 at 12:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:57

I don't Believe Django can do that directly, what you can do with Django is request the IP of the user, and the using a free webservice from outside, request the latitude and longitude and then the location

for example... easy python code:

IP_URL = "http://api.hostip.info/?ip="
def get_coords(ip):
    url = IP_URL + ip
    respond = None
    try:
        respond = urlib2.urlopen(url).read()
    execept URLError:
        return

    if respond:
        #Parse de returned XML Here, you can use MiniDom

By the way api.hostip.info work well if the user is in the USA. Outside not so well... but you get the idea.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:37

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Either you get yourself some geo ip table to look up or you use the location library in html5.

Like here : http://html5demos.com/geo

This demo actually shows you a map, but the javascript query actually gives you latitude and longitude.

answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:37

Trausti Thor

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 27 '15 at 08:13

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IP API is a very nice way to do it. More accurate than others mentioned here. enter image description here

answered Jan 27 '15 at 08:13

Shubham Chaudhary

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Python: Django: How can i find the users Lattitude and Longitude so that i can show the users location?

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