type {
	
	//the geoPlugin server
	data private host::string = 'http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip={IP}&base_currency={CURRENCY}'
		
	//the default base currency
	data 
		public currency::string = 'CAD'
	
	//initiate the geoPlugin vars
	 data
		public ip::string 					= '',
		public city::string 				= '',
		public region::string 				= '',
		public areaCode::string 			= '',
		public dmaCode::string 				= '',
		public countryCode::string 			= '',
		public countryName::string 			= '',
		public continentCode::string 		= '',
		public latitute::decimal 			= 0.000000,
		public longitude::decimal 			= 0.000000,
		public currencyCode::string 		= '',
		public currencySymbol::string 		= '',
		public currencyConverter::decimal 	= 1.000000

	public locate(ip::string='') => {
		
		#ip->size == 0 ? #ip = string(client_ip)
		.ip = #ip
		
		.host->replace('{IP}',#ip)
		.host->replace('{CURRENCY}',.currency)
		
		local(data = array)
		local(response = string(include_url(.host)))
		#response->removeleading('geoPlugin(')
		#response->removetrailing(')')		
		#data = json_deserialize(#response)

//		//set the geoPlugin vars
		.city 				= string(#data->find('geoplugin_city'))
		.region 			= string(#data->find('geoplugin_region'))
		.areaCode 			= string(#data->find('geoplugin_areaCode'))
		.dmaCode 			= string(#data->find('geoplugin_dmaCode'))
		.countryCode 		= string(#data->find('geoplugin_countryCode'))
		.countryName 		= string(#data->find('geoplugin_countryName'))
		.continentCode 		= string(#data->find('geoplugin_continentCode'))
//		.latitude 			= decimal(#data->find('geoplugin_latitude'))
//		.longitude 			= decimal(#data->find('geoplugin_longitude'))
		.currencyCode 		= string(#data->find('geoplugin_currencyCode'))
		.currencySymbol 	= string(#data->find('geoplugin_currencySymbol'))
		.currencyConverter 	= decimal(#data->find('geoplugin_currencyConverter'))
		
	}
	

	public convert(amount::decimal, float::integer=2, symbol::boolean=true) => {
		
		//easily convert amounts to geolocated currency.
		local(out =  decimal(#amount * .currencyConverter)->asString(-precision=#float))
		if(#symbol == true) => {
			return (.currencySymbol + #out)
		} else {
			return #out
		}
	}
	public convert(amount::any, float::integer=2, symbol::boolean=true) => {
		return ('geoPlugin Warning: The amount passed to geoPlugin::convert is not a decimal.')
	}

	
}


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