Use MaxMind with Forms

2 min

Prerequisites Install EPiServer.Forms package from NuGet.

Install EPiServer.Personalization.MaxMindGeolocation package from NuGet.

Download the GeoLite2 database to the data folder in project (for example, App_Data).. You can download ASN, City, or Country data file and .csv location file.

Open Startup.cs file.

Add AddMaxMindGeolocationProvider with config to services object as below sample.

services
  .AddCmsAspNetIdentity < ApplicationUser > ()
  .AddCms()
  .AddVisitorGroupsUI()
  .AddCmsHost()
  .AddAlloy()
  .AddAdminUserRegistration()
  .AddEmbeddedLocalization < Startup > ()
  .AddMaxMindGeolocationProvider(configure => {
    configure.DatabasePath = Path.Combine(_webHostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, "App_Data", "GeoLite2-City.mmdb");
    configure.LocationsDatabasePath = Path.Combine(_webHostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, "App_Data", "GeoLite2-City-Locations-en.csv");
  });

Add Hidden visitor profiling into a form container and edit that element.

Select Geo in the Auto-collect visitor data section with any value listed (such as City).

Drag and drop the form to a page and publish it.

Submit the form.

Verify submission data.