WC_Geolocation::get_external_ip_address()
Get user IP Address using an external service.
Description Description
This can be used as a fallback for users on localhost where get_ip_address() will be a local IP and non-geolocatable.
Return Return
(string)
Source Source
File: includes/class-wc-geolocation.php
public static function get_external_ip_address() {
$external_ip_address = '0.0.0.0';
if ( '' !== self::get_ip_address() ) {
$transient_name = 'external_ip_address_' . self::get_ip_address();
$external_ip_address = get_transient( $transient_name );
}
if ( false === $external_ip_address ) {
$external_ip_address = '0.0.0.0';
$ip_lookup_services = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_geolocation_ip_lookup_apis', self::$ip_lookup_apis );
$ip_lookup_services_keys = array_keys( $ip_lookup_services );
shuffle( $ip_lookup_services_keys );
foreach ( $ip_lookup_services_keys as $service_name ) {
$service_endpoint = $ip_lookup_services[ $service_name ];
$response = wp_safe_remote_get( $service_endpoint, array( 'timeout' => 2 ) );
if ( ! is_wp_error( $response ) && rest_is_ip_address( $response['body'] ) ) {
$external_ip_address = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_geolocation_ip_lookup_api_response', wc_clean( $response['body'] ), $service_name );
break;
}
}
set_transient( $transient_name, $external_ip_address, WEEK_IN_SECONDS );
}
return $external_ip_address;
}