import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor'; import maxmind from 'maxmind'; // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13969655/how-do-you-check-whether-the-given-ip-is-internal-or-not function isPrivateIP(ip) { var parts = ip.split('.'); return parts[0] === '10' || parts[0] === '127' || (parts[0] === '172' && (parseInt(parts[1], 10) >= 16 && parseInt(parts[1], 10) <= 31)) || (parts[0] === '192' && parts[1] === '168'); } Meteor.methods({ geo: function() { // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14843232/how-to-get-the-user-ip-address-in-meteor-server/22657421#22657421 var clientIP = this.connection.clientAddress; if (isPrivateIP(clientIP)) { clientIP = '80.58.61.250' // Some Spain IP address } console.log(`Geolocating ${clientIP}`); // https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/primers/promises var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { // do a thing, possibly async, then… // TODO: cron download GeoLite-City // http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ maxmind.open(process.env.PWD + '/private/GeoLite2-City.mmdb', (err, cityLookup) => { if (err) { reject(console.error(`Failed to geolite ${clientIP}, ${err}`)); } else { var city = cityLookup.get(clientIP); // console.log(city); resolve(city); } }); }) return promise.await(); }, });