Django Restricted Countries Middleware

This Django middleware restricts access to your application based on the geographical location of the user’s IP address. Using GeoIP2 and ipware, this middleware can block users from specific countries and return a customizable forbidden message.

Features

• Country-Based Restrictions: Blocks users based on their IP geolocation.
• Customizable Settings: Block specific countries and customize the forbidden message.
• GeoIP2 Integration: Uses GeoIP2 for geolocation.
• IP Address Retrieval: Handles IP address detection, including cases with proxies using ipware.

Requirements

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• Django 3.1 or later.
• Django IPWare_ 2.1.0 or later.
• GeoIP2_ 2.9.0 or later.
• MaxMind GeoLite2 country datasets_.

Installation

1. Install Django Restricted Countries from PyPI by using pip::

   pip install django-restricted-countries

1. Install Dependencies

This middleware requires GeoIP2 for IP geolocation and ipware for retrieving the client’s IP address.

Install GeoIP2:

To install GeoIP2:

pip install geoip2

# Setting up GeoIP2 City and Country Database

This guide explains how to set up the **GeoIP2 City and Country database** in your Django project. MaxMind's **GeoIP2** database provides geolocation information about IP addresses, including country and city details. You can use this database to restrict access based on a user's location, retrieve detailed geolocation information, and enhance your web application.

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## Prerequisites

Before setting up the **GeoIP2 database**, ensure that:

- You have a Django project set up.
- You have **GeoIP2** installed. If not, install it via pip:
  
- You have a MaxMind account. You can sign up here: [text](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-databases)
- After downloading the files
- tar -xvzf GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz -C ./geoip
- tar -xvzf GeoLite2-City.tar.gz -C ./geoip


- You have to add that to your settings file assuming you have the db files in a folder named geoip in the root folder

import os

GEOIP_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'geoip')

2.Install the MaxMind® GeoIP2 datasets. You can do this in two ways:

2.1. By running the provided management command for this::

    python manage.py install_geoip_dataset


2.2. Or manually, by following the instructions in `GeoIP2 Django documentation`_.

After following those steps, you should be ready to go.


3.Install ipware:
- To install ipware which helps retrieve the user's real IP, especially when they are behind a proxy:

``pip install ipware



#### **Usage**:
settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'restricted_countries',
    ...
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    'restricted_countries.middleware.RestricedCountriesMiddleware',
    ...
]

DJANGO_RESTRICTED_COUNTRIES = {
    "COUNTRIES": ['CN', 'RU'],
    "FORBIDDEN_MSG": "Access is denied from your country."
}