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NAME

       libmaxminddb - a library for working with MaxMind DB files

SYNOPSIS

       #include <maxminddb.h>

       int MMDB_open(
           const char *const filename,
           uint32_t flags,
           MMDB_s *const mmdb);
       void MMDB_close(MMDB_s *const mmdb);

       MMDB_lookup_result_s MMDB_lookup_string(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           const char *const ipstr,
           int *const gai_error,
           int *const mmdb_error);
       MMDB_lookup_result_s MMDB_lookup_sockaddr(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           const struct sockaddr *const
           sockaddr,
           int *const mmdb_error);

       int MMDB_get_value(
           MMDB_entry_s *const start,
           MMDB_entry_data_s *const entry_data,
           ...);
       int MMDB_vget_value(
           MMDB_entry_s *const start,
           MMDB_entry_data_s *const entry_data,
           va_list va_path);
       int MMDB_aget_value(
           MMDB_entry_s *const start,
           MMDB_entry_data_s *const entry_data,
           const char *const *const path);

       int MMDB_get_entry_data_list(
           MMDB_entry_s *start,
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s **const entry_data_list);
       void MMDB_free_entry_data_list(
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *const entry_data_list);
       int MMDB_get_metadata_as_entry_data_list(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s **const entry_data_list);
       int MMDB_dump_entry_data_list(
           FILE *const stream,
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *const entry_data_list,
           int indent);

       int MMDB_read_node(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           uint32_t node_number,
           MMDB_search_node_s *const node);

       const char *MMDB_lib_version(void);
       const char *MMDB_strerror(int error_code);

       typedef struct MMDB_lookup_result_s {
           bool found_entry;
           MMDB_entry_s entry;
           uint16_t netmask;
       } MMDB_lookup_result_s;

       typedef struct MMDB_entry_data_s {
           bool has_data;
           union {
               uint32_t pointer;
               const char *utf8_string;
               double double_value;
               const uint8_t *bytes;
               uint16_t uint16;
               uint32_t uint32;
               int32_t int32;
               uint64_t uint64;
               {mmdb_uint128_t or uint8_t[16]} uint128;
               bool boolean;
               float float_value;
           };
           ...
           uint32_t data_size;
           uint32_t type;
       } MMDB_entry_data_s;

       typedef struct MMDB_entry_data_list_s {
           MMDB_entry_data_s entry_data;
           struct MMDB_entry_data_list_s *next;
       } MMDB_entry_data_list_s;

DESCRIPTION

       The   libmaxminddb   library   provides  functions  for  working  MaxMind  DB  files.  See
       https://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/  for  the  MaxMind  DB  format  specification.   The
       database  and  results  are  all  represented  by different data structures. Databases are
       opened  by  calling  MMDB_open().  You  can  look  up  IP  addresses  as  a  string   with
       MMDB_lookup_string() or as a pointer to a sockaddr structure with MMDB_lookup_sockaddr().

       If  the  lookup  finds  the  IP address in the database, it returns a MMDB_lookup_result_s
       structure. If that structure indicates that the database has data for the IP, there are  a
       number  of  functions  that can be used to fetch that data. These include MMDB_get_value()
       and MMDB_get_entry_data_list().  See the function documentation below for more details.

       When you are done with the database handle you should call MMDB_close().

       All publicly visible functions, structures, and macros begin with "MMDB_".

DATA STRUCTURES

       All data structures exported by this library's maxminddb.h header  are  typedef'd  in  the
       form  typedef  struct  foo_s  {  ...  }  foo_s so you can refer to them without the struct
       prefix.

       This library provides the following data structures:

   MMDB_s
       This is the handle for a MaxMind DB file. We only document some of this structure's fields
       intended  for public use. All other fields are subject to change and are intended only for
       internal use.

       typedef struct MMDB_s {
           uint32_t flags;
           const char *filename;
           ...
           MMDB_metadata_s metadata;
       } MMDB_s;

       •  uint32_t flags -  the  flags  this  database  was  opened  with.  See  the  MMDB_open()
          documentation for more details.
       •  const char *filename - the name of the file which was opened, as passed to MMDB_open().
       •  MMDB_metadata_s metadata - the metadata for the database.

   MMDB_metadata_s and MMDB_description_s
       This  structure  can be retrieved from the MMDB_s structure. It contains the metadata read
       from the database file. Note that you may find it more convenient to access this  metadata
       by calling MMDB_get_metadata_as_entry_data_list() instead.

       typedef struct MMDB_metadata_s {
           uint32_t node_count;
           uint16_t record_size;
           uint16_t ip_version;
           const char *database_type;
           struct {
               size_t count;
               const char **names;
           } languages;
           uint16_t binary_format_major_version;
           uint16_t binary_format_minor_version;
           uint64_t build_epoch;
           struct {
               size_t count;
               MMDB_description_s **descriptions;
           } description;
       } MMDB_metadata_s;

       typedef struct MMDB_description_s {
           const char *language;
           const char *description;
       } MMDB_description_s;

       These structures should be mostly self-explanatory.

       The  ip_version  member  should  always  be 4 or 6. The binary_format_major_version should
       always be 2.

       There is no requirement that the database metadata include languages or  descriptions,  so
       the  count  for  these parts of the metadata can be zero. All of the other MMDB_metadata_s
       fields should be populated.

   MMDB_lookup_result_s
       This structure is returned as the result of looking up an IP address.

       typedef struct MMDB_lookup_result_s {
           bool found_entry;
           MMDB_entry_s entry;
           uint16_t netmask;
       } MMDB_lookup_result_s;

       If the found_entry member is false then the other members of this structure do not contain
       meaningful values. Always check that found_entry is true first.

       The entry member is used to look up the data associated with the IP address.

       The  netmask  member tells you what subnet the IP address belongs to in this database. For
       example, if you look up the address 1.1.1.1 in an IPv4 database and the  returned  netmask
       is 16, then the address is part of the 1.1.0.0/16 subnet.

       If  the database is an IPv6 database, the returned netmask is always an IPv6 prefix length
       (from 0-128), even if that database also contains IPv4 networks. If you look  up  an  IPv4
       address  and  would  like  to  turn the netmask into an IPv4 netmask value, you can simply
       subtract 96 from the value.

   MMDB_result_s
       You don't  really  need  to  dig  around  in  this  structure.  You'll  get  this  from  a
       MMDB_lookup_result_s structure and pass it to various functions.

   MMDB_entry_data_s
       This  structure is used to return a single data section entry for an IP. These entries can
       in turn point to other entries, as is the case for  things  like  maps  and  arrays.  Some
       members of this structure are not documented as they are only for internal use.

       typedef struct MMDB_entry_data_s {
           bool has_data;
           union {
               uint32_t pointer;
               const char *utf8_string;
               double double_value;
               const uint8_t *bytes;
               uint16_t uint16;
               uint32_t uint32;
               int32_t int32;
               uint64_t uint64;
               {mmdb_uint128_t or uint8_t[16]} uint128;
               bool boolean;
               float float_value;
           };
           ...
           uint32_t data_size;
           uint32_t type;
       } MMDB_entry_data_s;

       The has_data member is true if data was found for a given lookup. See MMDB_get_value() for
       more details. If this member is false then none of the other values in the  structure  are
       meaningful.

       The  union  at  the beginning of the structure defines the actual data. To determine which
       union member is populated you should look at the type member.  The pointer member  of  the
       union should never be populated in any data returned by the API. Pointers should always be
       resolved internally.

       The data_size member is only relevant for utf8_string and bytes data.  utf8_string is  not
       null terminated and data_size must be used to determine its length.

       The type member can be compared to one of the MMDB_DATA_TYPE_* macros.

   128-bit Integers
       The handling of uint128 data depends on how your platform supports 128-bit integers, if it
       does so at all. With GCC 4.4 and 4.5 we can write unsigned  int  __attribute__  ((__mode__
       (TI))).  With  newer versions of GCC (4.6+) and clang (3.2+) we can simply write "unsigned
       __int128".

       In order to work around these differences, this library defines  an  mmdb_uint128_t  type.
       This type is defined in the maxminddb.h header so you can use it in your own code.

       With older compilers, we can't use an integer so we instead use a 16 byte array of uint8_t
       values. This is the raw data from the database.

       This library provides a public macro MMDB_UINT128_IS_BYTE_ARRAY macro.  If  this  is  true
       (1),  then  uint128  values  are  returned  as  a byte array, if it is false then they are
       returned as a mmdb_uint128_t integer.

   Data Type Macros
       This library provides a macro for every data type defined by the MaxMind DB spec.

       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_UTF8_STRING
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_BYTES
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_UINT16
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_UINT32
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_MAP
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_INT32
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_UINT64
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_UINT128
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_ARRAY
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_BOOLEAN
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_FLOAT

       There are also a few types that are for internal use only:

       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_EXTENDED
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_POINTER
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_CONTAINER
       •  MMDB_DATA_TYPE_END_MARKER

       If you see one of these in returned data then something has gone very wrong.  The database
       is damaged or was generated incorrectly or there is a bug in the libmaxminddb code.

   Pointer Values and MMDB_close()
       The utf8_string, bytes, and (maybe) the uint128 members of this structure are all pointers
       directly into the database's data section. This can either be a calloc'd or  mmap'd  block
       of  memory.  In  either  case,  these  pointers  will become invalid after MMDB_close() is
       called.

       If you need to refer to this data after that  time  you  should  copy  the  data  with  an
       appropriate function (strdup, memcpy, etc.).

   MMDB_entry_data_list_s
       This structure encapsulates a linked list of MMDB_entry_data_s structures.

       typedef struct MMDB_entry_data_list_s {
           MMDB_entry_data_s entry_data;
           struct MMDB_entry_data_list_s *next;
       } MMDB_entry_data_list_s;

       This  structure  lets  you  look  at  entire map or array data entry by iterating over the
       linked list.

   MMDB_search_node_s
       This structure encapsulates the two records in a search node. This is really  only  useful
       if  you want to write code that iterates over the entire search tree as opposed to looking
       up a specific IP address.

       typedef struct MMDB_search_node_s {
           uint64_t left_record;
           uint64_t right_record;
           uint8_t left_record_type;
           uint8_t right_record_type;
           MMDB_entry_s left_record_entry;
           MMDB_entry_s right_record_entry;
       } MMDB_search_node_s;

       The two record types will take one of the following values:

       •  MMDB_RECORD_TYPE_SEARCH_NODE - The record points to the next search node.
       •  MMDB_RECORD_TYPE_EMPTY - The record is a placeholder that indicates there  is  no  data
          for the IP address. The search should end here.
       •  MMDB_RECORD_TYPE_DATA - The record is for data in the data section of the database. Use
          the entry for the record when looking up the data for the record.
       •  MMDB_RECORD_TYPE_INVALID - The record is invalid. Either an invalid node was looked  up
          or the database is corrupt.

       The  MMDB_entry_s  for  the  record  is  only  valid if the type is MMDB_RECORD_TYPE_DATA.
       Attempts to use an entry for other record types will result in an error or invalid data.

STATUS CODES

       This library returns (or populates) status codes for many functions.  These  status  codes
       are:

       •  MMDB_SUCCESS - everything worked
       •  MMDB_FILE_OPEN_ERROR - there was an error trying to open the MaxMind DB file.
       •  MMDB_IO_ERROR - an IO operation failed. Check errno for more details.
       •  MMDB_CORRUPT_SEARCH_TREE_ERROR - looking up an IP address in the search tree gave us an
          impossible result. The database is damaged or was generated incorrectly or there  is  a
          bug in the libmaxminddb code.
       •  MMDB_INVALID_METADATA_ERROR - something in the database is wrong. This includes missing
          metadata keys as well as impossible values (like an ip_version of 7).

       •  MMDB_UNKNOWN_DATABASE_FORMAT_ERROR - The database metadata indicates  that  it's  major
          version is not 2. This library can only handle major version 2.
       •  MMDB_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR - a memory allocation call (malloc, etc.)  failed.
       •  MMDB_INVALID_DATA_ERROR  -  an  entry  in  the  data section contains invalid data. For
          example, a uint16 field is claiming to be more than 2  bytes  long.   The  database  is
          probably damaged or was generated incorrectly.
       •  MMDB_INVALID_LOOKUP_PATH_ERROR   -   The   lookup   path   passed   to  MMDB_get_value,
          MMDB_vget_value, or MMDB_aget_value contains  an  array  offset  that  is  larger  than
          LONGMAX or smaller than LONGMIN.
       •  MMDB_LOOKUP_PATH_DOES_NOT_MATCH_DATA_ERROR    -    The    lookup    path    passed   to
          MMDB_get_value,MMDB_vget_value, or MMDB_aget_value does not match  the  data  structure
          for  the  entry.  There  are  number  of reasons this can happen. The lookup path could
          include a key not in a map. The lookup path could include an array index larger than an
          array  or  smaller than the minimum offset from the end of an array. It can also happen
          when the path expects to find a map or array where none exist.

       All status codes should be treated as int values.

   MMDB_strerror()
       const char *MMDB_strerror(int error_code)

       This function takes a status code and returns an English string explaining the status.

FUNCTIONS

       This library provides the following exported functions:

   MMDB_open()
       int MMDB_open(
           const char *const filename,
           uint32_t flags,
           MMDB_s *const mmdb);

       This function opens a handle to a MaxMind DB file. Its return value is a  status  code  as
       defined above. Always check this call's return value.

       MMDB_s mmdb;
       int status =
           MMDB_open("/path/to/file.mmdb", MMDB_MODE_MMAP, &mmdb);
       if (MMDB_SUCCESS != status) { ... }
       ...
       MMDB_close(&mmdb);

       filename must be encoded as UTF-8 on Windows.

       The  MMDB_s structure you pass in can be on the stack or allocated from the heap. However,
       if the open is successful it will contain heap-allocated data, so you  need  to  close  it
       with MMDB_close(). If the status returned is not MMDB_SUCCESS then this library makes sure
       that all allocated memory is freed before returning.

       The flags currently provided are:

       •  MMDB_MODE_MMAP - open the database with mmap().

       Passing in other values for flags may yield unpredictable results. In the  future  we  may
       add additional flags that you can bitwise-or together with the mode, as well as additional
       modes.

       You can also pass 0 as the flags value in which case the database will be opened with  the
       default  flags. However, these defaults may change in future releases. The current default
       is MMDB_MODE_MMAP.

   MMDB_close()
       void MMDB_close(MMDB_s *const mmdb);

       This frees any allocated or mmap'd memory that is held from the MMDB_s structure. It  does
       not  free  the  memory allocated for the structure itself!  If you allocated the structure
       from the heap then you are responsible for freeing it.

   MMDB_lookup_string()
       MMDB_lookup_result_s MMDB_lookup_string(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           const char *const ipstr,
           int *const gai_error,
           int *const mmdb_error);

       This function looks up an IP address that  is  passed  in  as  a  null-terminated  string.
       Internally it calls getaddrinfo() to resolve the address into a binary form. It then calls
       MMDB_lookup_sockaddr() to look the address  up  in  the  database.  If  you  have  already
       resolved  an  address  you can call MMDB_lookup_sockaddr() directly, rather than resolving
       the address twice.

       int gai_error, mmdb_error;
       MMDB_lookup_result_s result =
           MMDB_lookup_string(&mmdb, "1.2.3.4", &gai_error, &mmdb_error);
       if (0 != gai_error) { ... }
       if (MMDB_SUCCESS != mmdb_error) { ... }

       if (result.found_entry) { ... }

       This function always returns an MMDB_lookup_result_s structure, but you should also  check
       the  gai_error  and  mmdb_error parameters. If either of these indicates an error then the
       returned structure is meaningless.

       If no error occurred you still need to make  sure  that  the  found_entry  member  in  the
       returned  result  is  true.  If  it's not, this means that the IP address does not have an
       entry in the database.

       This function will work with IPv4 addresses even when the database contains data for  both
       IPv4  and IPv6 addresses. The IPv4 address will be looked up as '::xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' rather
       than being remapped to the ::ffff:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx block  allocated  for  IPv4-mapped  IPv6
       addresses.

       If  you pass an IPv6 address to a database with only IPv4 data then the found_entry member
       will be false, but the mmdb_error status will still be MMDB_SUCCESS.

   MMDB_lookup_sockaddr()
       MMDB_lookup_result_s MMDB_lookup_sockaddr(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           const struct sockaddr *const sockaddr,
           int *const mmdb_error);

       This function looks up an IP address that has already been resolved by getaddrinfo().

       Other  than  not  calling  getaddrinfo()  itself,  this  function  is  identical  to   the
       MMDB_lookup_string() function.

       int mmdb_error;
       MMDB_lookup_result_s result =
           MMDB_lookup_sockaddr(&mmdb, address->ai_addr, &mmdb_error);
       if (MMDB_SUCCESS != mmdb_error) { ... }

       if (result.found_entry) { ... }

   Data Lookup Functions
       There are three functions for looking up data associated with an IP address.

       int MMDB_get_value(
           MMDB_entry_s *const start,
           MMDB_entry_data_s *const entry_data,
           ...);
       int MMDB_vget_value(
           MMDB_entry_s *const start,
           MMDB_entry_data_s *const entry_data,
           va_list va_path);
       int MMDB_aget_value(
           MMDB_entry_s *const start,
           MMDB_entry_data_s *const entry_data,
           const char *const *const path);

       The  three  functions  allow  three slightly different calling styles, but they all do the
       same thing.

       The first parameter is an MMDB_entry_s value. In  most  cases  this  will  come  from  the
       MMDB_lookup_result_s value returned by MMDB_lookup_string() or MMDB_lookup_sockaddr().

       The  second  parameter  is  a  reference  to  an MMDB_entry_data_s structure. This will be
       populated with the data that is being looked up, if any is found.  If  nothing  is  found,
       then  the  has_data  member of this structure will be false.  If has_data is true then you
       can look at the data_type member.

       The final parameter is a lookup path. The path consists of a set of  strings  representing
       either  map  keys  (e.g,  "city")  or  array  indexes (e.g., "0", "1", "-1") to use in the
       lookup.

       Negative array indexes will be treated as an offset  from  the  end  of  the  array.   For
       instance, "-1" refers to the last element of the array.

       The  lookup  path allows you to navigate a complex data structure. For example, given this
       data:

       {
           "names": {
               "en": "Germany",
               "de": "Deutschland"
           },
           "cities": [ "Berlin", "Frankfurt" ]
       }

       We could look up the English name with this code:

       MMDB_lookup_result_s result =
           MMDB_lookup_sockaddr(&mmdb, address->ai_addr, &mmdb_error);
       MMDB_entry_data_s entry_data;
       int status =
           MMDB_get_value(&result.entry, &entry_data,
                          "names", "en", NULL);
       if (MMDB_SUCCESS != status) { ... }
       if (entry_data.has_data) { ... }

       If we wanted to find the first city the lookup path would be "cities", "0". If  you  don't
       provide a lookup path at all, you'll get the entry which corresponds to the top level map.
       The lookup path must always end with NULL, regardless of which function you call.

       The MMDB_get_value function takes a variable number of arguments.  All  of  the  arguments
       after  the  MMDB_entry_data_s  *  structure pointer are the lookup path. The last argument
       must be NULL.

       The MMDB_vget_value function accepts a va_list  as  the  lookup  path.  The  last  element
       retrieved by va_arg() must be NULL.

       Finally,  the  MMDB_aget_value  accepts  an  array of strings as the lookup path. The last
       member of this array must be NULL.

       If you want to get all of the entry data at once you can  call  MMDB_get_entry_data_list()
       instead.

       For each of the three functions, the return value is a status code as defined above.

   MMDB_get_entry_data_list()
       int MMDB_get_entry_data_list(
           MMDB_entry_s *start,
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s **const entry_data_list);

       This  function  allows  you  to  get all of the data for a complex data structure at once,
       rather than looking up each piece using repeated calls to MMDB_get_value().

       MMDB_lookup_result_s result =
           MMDB_lookup_sockaddr(&mmdb, address->ai_addr, &mmdb_error);
       MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list, *first;
       int status =
           MMDB_get_entry_data_list(&result.entry, &entry_data_list);
       if (MMDB_SUCCESS != status) { ... }
       // save this so we can free this data later
       first = entry_data_list;

       while (1) {
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *next = entry_data_list = entry_data_list->next;
           if (NULL == next) {
               break;
           }

           switch (next->entry_data.type) {
               case MMDB_DATA_TYPE_MAP: { ... }
               case MMDB_DATA_TYPE_UTF8_STRING: { ... }
               ...
           }

       }

       MMDB_free_entry_data_list(first);

       It's up to you to interpret the entry_data_list data structure. The list is  linked  in  a
       depth-first traversal. Let's use this structure as an example:

       {
           "names": {
               "en": "Germany",
               "de": "Deutschland"
           },
           "cities": [ "Berlin", "Frankfurt" ]
       }

       The list will consist of the following items:

       1.  MAP - top level map
       2.  UTF8_STRING - "names" key
       3.  MAP - map for "names" key
       4.  UTF8_STRING - "en" key
       5.  UTF8_STRING - value for "en" key
       6.  UTF8_STRING - "de" key
       7.  UTF8_STRING - value for "de" key
       8.  UTF8_STRING - "cities" key
       9.  ARRAY - value for "cities" key
       10. UTF8_STRING - array[0]
       11. UTF8_STRING - array[1]

       The return value of the function is a status code as defined above.

   MMDB_free_entry_data_list()
       void MMDB_free_entry_data_list(
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *const entry_data_list);

       The  MMDB_get_entry_data_list()  and MMDB_get_metadata_as_entry_data_list() functions will
       allocate the linked list  structure  from  the  heap.  Call  this  function  to  free  the
       MMDB_entry_data_list_s structure.

   MMDB_get_metadata_as_entry_data_list()
       int MMDB_get_metadata_as_entry_data_list(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s **const entry_data_list);

       This  function  allows  you  to  retrieve  the  database  metadata  as  a  linked  list of
       MMDB_entry_data_list_s structures. This can be a more convenient  way  to  deal  with  the
       metadata than using the metadata structure directly.

           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list, *first;
           int status =
               MMDB_get_metadata_as_entry_data_list(&mmdb, &entry_data_list);
           if (MMDB_SUCCESS != status) { ... }
           first = entry_data_list;
           ... // do something with the data
           MMDB_free_entry_data_list(first);

       The return value of the function is a status code as defined above.

   MMDB_dump_entry_data_list()
       int MMDB_dump_entry_data_list(
           FILE *const stream,
           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *const entry_data_list,
           int indent);

       This  function takes a linked list of MMDB_entry_data_list_s structures and stringifies it
       to the given stream. The indent parameter is the starting indent level for  the  generated
       output. It is incremented for nested data structures (maps, array, etc.).

       The  stream  must be a file handle (stdout, etc). If your platform provides something like
       the GNU open_memstream() you can use that to capture the output as a string.

       The output is formatted in a JSON-ish fashion, but values are marked with their data  type
       (except for maps and arrays which are shown with "{}" and "[]" respectively).

       The  specific  output  format may change in future releases, so you should not rely on the
       specific formatting produced by this function. It is intended to be used to show  data  to
       users in a readable way and for debugging purposes.

       The return value of the function is a status code as defined above.

   MMDB_read_node()
       int MMDB_read_node(
           MMDB_s *const mmdb,
           uint32_t node_number,
           MMDB_search_node_s *const node);

       This  reads  a  specific  node in the search tree. The third argument is a reference to an
       MMDB_search_node_s structure that will be populated by this function.

       The return value is a status code. If you pass a node_number  that  is  greater  than  the
       number of nodes in the database, this function will return MMDB_INVALID_NODE_NUMBER_ERROR,
       otherwise it will return MMDB_SUCCESS.

       The first node in the search tree is always node 0. If you  wanted  to  iterate  over  the
       whole  search  tree,  you would start by reading node 0 and then following the the records
       that  make  up  this  node,  based  on  the  type  of  each  record.  If   the   type   is
       MMDB_RECORD_TYPE_SEARCH_NODE then the record contains an integer for the next node to look
       up.

   MMDB_lib_version()
       const char *MMDB_lib_version(void)

       This function returns the library version as a string, something like "2.0.0".

EXAMPLE

       #include <errno.h>
       #include <maxminddb.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <string.h>

       int main(int argc, char **argv)
       {
           char *filename = argv[1];
           char *ip_address = argv[2];

           MMDB_s mmdb;
           int status = MMDB_open(filename, MMDB_MODE_MMAP, &mmdb);

           if (MMDB_SUCCESS != status) {
               fprintf(stderr, "\n  Can't open %s - %s\n",
                       filename, MMDB_strerror(status));

               if (MMDB_IO_ERROR == status) {
                   fprintf(stderr, "    IO error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
               }
               exit(1);
           }

           int gai_error, mmdb_error;
           MMDB_lookup_result_s result =
               MMDB_lookup_string(&mmdb, ip_address, &gai_error, &mmdb_error);

           if (0 != gai_error) {
               fprintf(stderr,
                       "\n  Error from getaddrinfo for %s - %s\n\n",
                       ip_address, gai_strerror(gai_error));
               exit(2);
           }

           if (MMDB_SUCCESS != mmdb_error) {
               fprintf(stderr,
                       "\n  Got an error from libmaxminddb: %s\n\n",
                       MMDB_strerror(mmdb_error));
               exit(3);
           }

           MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list = NULL;

           int exit_code = 0;
           if (result.found_entry) {
               int status = MMDB_get_entry_data_list(&result.entry,
                                                     &entry_data_list);

               if (MMDB_SUCCESS != status) {
                   fprintf(
                       stderr,
                       "Got an error looking up the entry data - %s\n",
                       MMDB_strerror(status));
                   exit_code = 4;
                   goto end;
               }

               if (NULL != entry_data_list) {
                   MMDB_dump_entry_data_list(stdout, entry_data_list, 2);
               }
           } else {
               fprintf(
                   stderr,
                   "\n  No entry for this IP address (%s) was found\n\n",
                   ip_address);
               exit_code = 5;
           }

           end:
               MMDB_free_entry_data_list(entry_data_list);
               MMDB_close(&mmdb);
               exit(exit_code);
       }

REQUIREMENTS

       libmaxminddb requires a minimum of POSIX.1-2001 support. If not specified  at  compilation
       time, it defaults to requesting POSIX.1-2008 support.

THREAD SAFETY

       This  library  is  thread safe when compiled and linked with a thread-safe malloc and free
       implementation.

INSTALLATION AND SOURCE

       You    can    download    the    latest    release    of    libmaxminddb    from    GitHub
       <https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/releases>.

       Our  GitHub  repo  <https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb> is publicly available. Please
       fork it!

BUG REPORTS AND PULL REQUESTS

       Please     report     all      issues      to      our      GitHub      issue      tracker
       <https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/issues>.   We   welcome   bug  reports  and  pull
       requests. Please note that pull requests are greatly preferred over patches.

AUTHORS

       This  library  was  written  by  Boris  Zentner  (bzentner@maxmind.com)  and  Dave  Rolsky
       (drolsky@maxmind.com).

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2013-2023 MaxMind, Inc.

       Licensed  under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
       except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

       https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under  the
       License  is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
       either  express  or  implied.   See  the  License  for  the  specific  language  governing
       permissions and limitations under the License.

SEE ALSO

       mmdblookup(1)

                                                                                  libmaxminddb(3)