Get location of a user in Python Flask

Question

I want to check the user's geolocation like the country code, and this is my code:

from urllib.request import urlopen

url = 'http://ipinfo.io/json'
response = urlopen(url)
data = json.load(response)
country = data['country']
print(country)

when I run it in my local machine, it shows my current location, but when I run this script in my ec2 server, it shows the region of the ec2 itself.

how can I get the actual user's location, not the ec2 region?

Updated and Solution

Thanks to Mousetail, i need to use IP in the URL: https://ipinfo.io/[the ip of the user]/json

Use `https://ipinfo.io/[the ip of the user]/json` – mousetail Apr 20 '21 at 11:56 — mousetail, Apr 20 '21 at 11:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '21 at 09:34

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Thanks to Mousetail, I needed to use IP address in the URL: https://ipinfo.io/[the ip of the user]/json

answered May 02 '21 at 09:34

Nasrin

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '21 at 11:58

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It is showing your location because the request that is being carried out is executed server-side, not client-side. You could use maybe this to get the IP from the client-side in JavaScript.

Thanks

answered Apr 20 '21 at 11:58

Sergei Kiselev

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There is no need to use javascript to get the IP of a user, a server always has access to the IP. It needs the IP to send the data back – mousetail Apr 20 '21 at 12:00
@mousetail Yes I know, but it's still one way of doing it. – Sergei Kiselev Apr 20 '21 at 12:06
@SergeiKiselev but I want to handle it on the server-side. – Nasrin Apr 20 '21 at 12:18
True, but that is incredibly inefficient, requiring a while extra round trip. Also you should never trust information form the client. – mousetail Apr 20 '21 at 12:18

Get location of a user in Python Flask

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