ipstack (IP Lookup)

Automatically detect the region and location of your customer using ipstack.

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Features

- Look up the location of your customer using ipstack.
- Provides a middleware that can be added to any request to set the region and country of a cart.
- Provides a service that can be used across codebase to detect the location of a user using their IP.

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Prerequisites

- Medusa backend
- ipstack account

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How to Install

1\. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend:

``bash
npm install medusa-plugin-ip-lookup
`

2\. Set the following environment variable in .env:

`bash
IPSTACK_ACCESS_KEY=
`

3\. In medusa-config.js add the following at the end of the plugins array:

`js
const plugins = [
// other plugins...
{
resolve: medusa-plugin-ip-lookup,
options: {
access_token: process.env.IPSTACK_ACCESS_KEY,
},
},
]
`

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Test the Plugin

You can use the IpLookupService service to look up the location of an IP, or use the middleware preCartCreation` on any route.