Thrift module: geo

Module	Services	Data types	Constants
geo		GeoLocation GeoPoint IpAddress

Data structures

Key	Field	Type	Description	Requiredness	Default value
1	xForwardedForHeader	`string`	The full value of the X-Forwarded-For header supplied. Normally you'll want to ignore this and use the ip field below. This is here just in case there's a bug in our logic of decoding the XFF header, or we can gain more information from the rest of the header.	required
2	ip	`string`	The ip address of the client	optional

Key	Field	Type	Description	Requiredness	Default value
1	lat	`double`	Latitude	required
2	lon	`double`	Longitude	required

A geographical location

Key	Field	Type	Description	Requiredness
3	geo	`GeoPoint`	The resolved geolocation of the ip address	optional
4	countryCode	`string`	The two letter country code of the ip address; Note that guardian internal traffic (within the Guardian offices) is assigned a country code of "GNM"	optional
5	countryName	`string`	Human readable country name	optional
6	city	`string`	Human readable city name	optional
9	metroCode	`i32`	The metro code of the location if the location is in the US.	optional
7	continent	`string`	Human readable continent name	optional
8	subdivisions	`list<string>`	Administrative subdivisions, e.g. "Wales", "Berkshire" or "Alaska"	optional
10	timezone	`string`	Time zone as specified by http://www.iana.org/time-zones e.g. America/New_York	optional

Where this request was made from, derived by ip address lookup.