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1const http = require('http');
2function saveUserLocationToSession(request, response) {
3  let ip = request.connection.remoteAddress;//This is the IP Address
4
5  // This line changes the ip if the request had forwarded on by a 3rd party.
6  if (request.headers['x-forwarded-for']) {
7    ip = request.headers['x-forwarded-for'];
8  }
9
10  // Without this line, external api will not work with localhost
11  if (ip === '::1' || ip === '127.0.0.1') {
12    ip = '118.93.226.159';//My default wellington ip address if using localhost. (CHANGE ME)
13  }
14
15
16  const apiKey = '3dfc31fbbccdcbadc014c88afb1913d5';//Your API Key, (CHANGE ME sign up to ipstack and they give you one)
17
18  // Get the users location. (async call)
19  http.get(`http://api.ipstack.com/${ip}?access_key=${apiKey}`, (res) => {
20    res.setEncoding('utf8');
21    res.on('data', (body) => {
22      const json = JSON.parse(body);
23      //do stuff with the location
24      //console.log(JSON.stringify(json));
25      //json.region_name;
26      //json.country_name;
27    });
28  });
29}