import os from ctypes import CDLL from ctypes.util import find_library from django.conf import settings # Creating the settings dictionary with any settings, if needed. GEOIP_SETTINGS = dict((key, getattr(settings, key)) for key in ('GEOIP_PATH', 'GEOIP_LIBRARY_PATH', 'GEOIP_COUNTRY', 'GEOIP_CITY') if hasattr(settings, key)) lib_path = GEOIP_SETTINGS.get('GEOIP_LIBRARY_PATH', None) # The shared library for the GeoIP C API. May be downloaded # from http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/ if lib_path: lib_name = None else: # TODO: Is this really the library name for Windows? lib_name = 'GeoIP' # Getting the path to the GeoIP library. if lib_name: lib_path = find_library(lib_name) if lib_path is None: raise GeoIPException('Could not find the GeoIP library (tried "%s"). ' 'Try setting GEOIP_LIBRARY_PATH in your settings.' % lib_name) lgeoip = CDLL(lib_path) # Getting the C `free` for the platform. if os.name == 'nt': libc = CDLL('msvcrt') else: libc = CDLL(None) free = libc.free