User Location Object

The userLocation request object contains properties specifying the geographic location.

The userLocation request object contains properties specific to a given request. The properties include continent, country, region, city, or zipCode based on the IP address of the requesting device. Refer to the EdgeScape documentation for more information.
continent: Returns a userLocation object that specifies the two letter code for the continent of the incoming request. Refer to the Continent Code list for syntax. This is a read-only string value.
// Request originates in North America
request.userLocation.continent; 
// => "NA"

country: Returns a userLocation object that specifies the ISO-3166, two letter code for the country of the incoming request. Refer to the Country Code list for syntax. This is a read-only string value.

// Request originates in United States
request.userLocation.country; 
// => "US"
region: Returns an ISO-3166, two-letter code for the state, province, or region of the incoming request. Refer to the State/Region Code list for syntax. This is a read-only string value. 
// Request originates in the state of Massachusetts
request.userLocation.region; 
// => "MA"
city: Returns a userLocation object that specifies the city name, within a 50-mile radius, of the incoming request. Refer to the Cities ZIP file ( 57MB uncompressed) for syntax. This is a read-only string value. 
// Request originates in the city of Cambridge
request.userLocation.city; 
// => "CAMBRIDGE"
zipCode: Returns a userLocation object that specifies the zip code of the incoming request. Multiple values are supported. Contiguous zip codes are represented as a range "FirstZipInRange-LastZipInRange". Multiple values are separated by the plus (+) character). For example, the following strings are all valid zipCode values:
  • 10001
  • 10001+10003
  • 10001-10003+10005
  • 10001-10003+10005-10008
For country = US and country = PR, zip refers to the five digit zip code. For country = CA, zip refers to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA). For more information on FSA, go to http://www.canadapost.ca and search for FSA. Refer to the Zip Code list for syntax. This is a read-only string value. 
// Request originates in a Cambridge zipcode
request.userLocation.zipCode; 
// => "02114+02134+02138-02142+02163+02238"