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.

Prerequisites

• Medusa backend
• ipstack account

How to Install

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

npm install medusa-plugin-ip-lookup

2. Set the following environment variable in .env:

IPSTACK_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_ACCESS_KEY>

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

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

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.