whereip

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

""" whereip
    use curl to get location of ip
"""

#-----------------------------------------
__author__      = "Chris Reid"
__category__    = "network utility"
__copyright__   = "Copyright 2016"
__country__     = "United States of America"
__credits__     = ["Python Software Foundation", "Free Software Foundation" ]
__email__       = "spikeysnack@gmail.com"
__file__        = ["whereip", "whereip.py"]
__license__     = """Free for all non-commercial purposes.
                  Modifications allowed but original attribution must be included.
                  see (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)"""
__maintainer__  = "chris Reid"
__modification_date__ = "31 Oct 2016"
__version__     = "1.1"
__status__      = "beta"
#-----------------------------------------

#--------
import os
import sys
import ast
import subprocess

URL = "ipinfo.io" # this is the service that returns the info

#--------------------
def ip_to_dict( ip ):

    """ get a series of strings from ipinfo.io
        and make a dictionary out of it

    Args:
         ip (str):   the 4-dotted ip number
    Returns:
         ip_info (dict):   a dictionary of location info
    {
    'loc': '37.3860,-122.0838',
    'city': 'Mountain View',
    'country': 'US',
    'region': 'California',
    'hostname': 'google-public-dns-a.google.com',
    'ip': '8.8.8.8',
    'org': 'AS15169 Google Inc.',
    'postal': '94035'
    }

    """


    l = ""
    command = "curl -s  " + URL+ "/" + ip
    ip_info = {}

    p = subprocess.Popen( command , shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    """ class subprocess.Popen: run system process, capture output """
    retval = p.wait()
    """ int|None: Wait for child process to terminate, get returncode """

    # gather lines into one string
    for line in p.stdout.readlines():
        l = l + line

    ip_info = ast.literal_eval( l )
    ''' dict: eval string as python dict '''

    return ip_info

# ip_to_dict


#------------------
#script starts here

if __name__ == '__main__':

    IP = ""
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        IP=sys.argv[1]

    ipinfo = ip_to_dict( IP )

    # print (ipinfo)

    # for k in  ipinfo:
    #     print ( k + " = " +  ipinfo[k]  + "\n" )

    loc      = ipinfo["loc"]
    city     = ipinfo["city"]
    region   = ipinfo["region"]
    country  = ipinfo["country"]
    hostname = ipinfo["hostname"]

    print ( country + ':\t' + region + ':\t' + city + ':\t' + hostname + '\n' )


#end