• NAME
• VERSION
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• SUBROUTINES/METHODS
  • new
  • binary_format_major_version
  • binary_format_minor_version
  • build_epoch
  • database_type
  • languages
  • description
  • ip_version
  • node_count
  • record_size
• DIAGNOSTICS
• CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
• DEPENDENCIES
• INCOMPATIBILITIES
• BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHOR
• LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

NAME

IP::Geolocation::MMDB::Metadata - Metadata from a MaxMind DB file

VERSION

version 1.010

SYNOPSIS

  use IP::Geolocation::MMDB;
  my $db = IP::Geolocation::MMDB->new(file => 'City.mmdb');
  my $metadata = $db->metadata;

DESCRIPTION

A class for metadata from a MaxMind DB file.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

  my $metadata = IP::Geolocation::MMDB::Metadata->new(
    binary_format_major_version => 2,
    binary_format_minor_version => 0,
    build_epoch   => time,
    database_type => 'City',
    languages     => [qw(en fr pt-BR)],
    description   => {
      en => 'IP to city',
      fr => 'IP vers ville',
    },
    ip_version    => 6,
    node_count    => 3829268,
    record_size   => 28,
  );

Returns a new metadata object.

binary_format_major_version

  my $major_version = $metadata->binary_format_major_version;

Returns the database format's major version number.

binary_format_minor_version

  my $minor_version = $metadata->binary_format_minor_version;

Returns the database format's minor version number.

build_epoch

  my $t = gmtime $metadata->build_epoch;

Returns the database's build timestamp as an epoch number.

database_type

  my $database_type = $metadata->database_type;

Returns a free-form string indicating the database type.

languages

  for my $language (@{$metadata->languages}) {
    say $language;
  }

Returns a reference to an array of locale codes indicating what languages this database has information for.

description

  my %description_for = %{$metadata->description};
  for my $language (keys %description_for) {
    my $description = $description_for{$language};
    say "$language: $description";
  }

Returns a reference to a hash that maps locale codes to strings that describe the database content.

ip_version

  my $ip_version = $metadata->ip_version;

Returns 4 or 6.

node_count

  my $node_count = $metadata->node_count;

Returns the number of nodes in the database's search tree.

record_size

  my $record_size = $metadata->record_size;

Returns the record size for nodes in the database's search tree.

DIAGNOSTICS

None.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

None.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

None known.

SEE ALSO

IP::Geolocation::MMDB

AUTHOR

Andreas Vögele <voegelas@cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2022 Andreas Vögele

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm IP::Geolocation::MMDB

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install IP::Geolocation::MMDB