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+# coding=utf-8
+"""GeoIP lookup module"""
+# Copyright 2011, Dimitri Molenaars, TyRope.nl,
+# Copyright © 2013, Elad Alfassa <elad@fedoraproject.org>
+# Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, print_function, division
+
+import pygeoip
+import socket
+import os
+import gzip
+
+urlretrieve = None
+try:
+    from urllib import urlretrieve
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        # urlretrieve has been put under urllib.request in Python 3.
+        # It's also deprecated so this should probably be replaced with
+        # urllib2.
+        from urllib.request import urlretrieve
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+from sopel.config.types import StaticSection, FilenameAttribute
+from sopel.module import commands, example
+from sopel.logger import get_logger
+
+LOGGER = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class GeoipSection(StaticSection):
+    GeoIP_db_path = FilenameAttribute('GeoIP_db_path', directory=True)
+    """Path of the directory containing the GeoIP db files."""
+
+
+def configure(config):
+    config.define_section('ip', GeoipSection)
+    config.ip.configure_setting('GeoIP_db_path',
+                                'Path of the GeoIP db files')
+
+
+def setup(bot=None):
+    if not bot:
+        return  # Because of some weird pytest thing?
+
+    bot.config.define_section('ip', GeoipSection)
+
+
+def _decompress(source, target, delete_after_decompression=True):
+    """ Decompress a GZip file """
+    f_in = gzip.open(source, 'rb')
+    f_out = open(target, 'wb')
+    f_out.writelines(f_in)
+    f_out.close()
+    f_in.close()
+    if delete_after_decompression:
+        os.remove(source)
+
+
+def _find_geoip_db(bot):
+    """ Find the GeoIP database """
+    config = bot.config
+    if config.ip.GeoIP_db_path:
+        cities_db = os.path.join(config.ip.GeoIP_db_path, 'GeoLiteCity.dat')
+        ipasnum_db = os.path.join(config.ip.GeoIP_db_path, 'GeoIPASNum.dat')
+        if os.path.isfile(cities_db) and os.path.isfile(ipasnum_db):
+            return config.ip.GeoIP_db_path
+        else:
+            LOGGER.warning(
+                'GeoIP path configured but DB not found in configured path'
+            )
+    if (os.path.isfile(os.path.join(bot.config.core.homedir, 'GeoLiteCity.dat')) and
+            os.path.isfile(os.path.join(bot.config.core.homedir, 'GeoIPASNum.dat'))):
+        return bot.config.core.homedir
+    elif (os.path.isfile(os.path.join('/usr/share/GeoIP', 'GeoLiteCity.dat')) and
+            os.path.isfile(os.path.join('/usr/share/GeoIP', 'GeoIPASNum.dat'))):
+        return '/usr/share/GeoIP'
+    elif urlretrieve:
+        LOGGER.warning('Downloading GeoIP database')
+        bot.say('Downloading GeoIP database, please wait...')
+        geolite_city_url = 'http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz'
+        geolite_ASN_url = 'http://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz'
+        geolite_city_filepath = os.path.join(bot.config.core.homedir, 'GeoLiteCity.dat.gz')
+        geolite_ASN_filepath = os.path.join(bot.config.core.homedir, 'GeoIPASNum.dat.gz')
+        urlretrieve(geolite_city_url, geolite_city_filepath)
+        urlretrieve(geolite_ASN_url, geolite_ASN_filepath)
+        _decompress(geolite_city_filepath, geolite_city_filepath[:-3])
+        _decompress(geolite_ASN_filepath, geolite_ASN_filepath[:-3])
+        return bot.config.core.homedir
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+@commands('iplookup', 'ip')
+@example('.ip 8.8.8.8',
+         r'[IP/Host Lookup] Hostname: google-public-dns-a.google.com | Location: United States | ISP: AS15169 Google LLC',
+         re=True,
+         ignore='Downloading GeoIP database, please wait...')
+def ip(bot, trigger):
+    """IP Lookup tool"""
+    if not trigger.group(2):
+        return bot.reply("No search term.")
+    query = trigger.group(2)
+    db_path = _find_geoip_db(bot)
+    if db_path is False:
+        LOGGER.error('Can\'t find (or download) usable GeoIP database')
+        bot.say('Sorry, I don\'t have a GeoIP database to use for this lookup')
+        return False
+    geolite_city_filepath = os.path.join(_find_geoip_db(bot), 'GeoLiteCity.dat')
+    geolite_ASN_filepath = os.path.join(_find_geoip_db(bot), 'GeoIPASNum.dat')
+    gi_city = pygeoip.GeoIP(geolite_city_filepath)
+    gi_org = pygeoip.GeoIP(geolite_ASN_filepath)
+    host = socket.getfqdn(query)
+    response = "[IP/Host Lookup] Hostname: %s" % host
+    try:
+        response += " | Location: %s" % gi_city.country_name_by_name(query)
+    except AttributeError:
+        response += ' | Location: Unknown'
+    except socket.gaierror:
+        return bot.say('[IP/Host Lookup] Unable to resolve IP/Hostname')
+
+    region_data = gi_city.region_by_name(query)
+    try:
+        region = region_data['region_code']  # pygeoip >= 0.3.0
+    except KeyError:
+        region = region_data['region_name']  # pygeoip < 0.3.0
+    if region:
+        response += " | Region: %s" % region
+
+    isp = gi_org.org_by_name(query)
+    response += " | ISP: %s" % isp
+    bot.say(response)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from sopel.test_tools import run_example_tests
+    run_example_tests(__file__)