#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Notes From wxl:
# I'm not sure this is sufficient to fix the problem, but some testing will help shed some light on it.

# Since it sounds like this is a common gotcha with urllib, this may very well be the issue.
# My gut tells me timeouts, though, given the fact that it works sometimes and not others.
# So I encourage you in a further commit to add an arbitrary timeout and a simple enough
# error handling to perhaps eschew the need for a particular mirror
# and instead use some default. @tsimonq2 what would be a good default?

# Then as bonus points, add error handling to handle other errors.

import json
import urllib.request

def getcountry():
    # This is hardcoded for now, but should eventually be put into the config
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen("https://ipapi.co/json", timeout=10) as url:
            localedata = json.loads(url.read().decode())
        return localedata["country"]
    except:
        return "US"

countryResult = getcountry()
print('countryResult = ' + str(countryResult))
print('type(countryResult) = ' + str(type(countryResult)))