Locator.py

#This module was written by Humza Shahid.
import pygeoip
from requests import get

def userLocator():
    """Gets user's city and country from their IP address, and then returns the city and country"""
    #note: database uses different files for finding user's city and country
    #note: (GeoIP.dat is for countries and GeoLiteCity.dat is for cities)
    #note: so two different files and variables are needed to get required info.
    gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('GeoIP.dat') 
    gic = pygeoip.GeoIP('GeoLiteCity.dat')
    ip = get('https://api.ipify.org').text
    
    userCity = gic.record_by_addr(ip)['city']
    userCountry = gi.country_name_by_addr(ip)

    return userCity, userCountry