HTTP Request”user-agent”: “WooCommerce/9.6.0”

  • Resolved ms100

    (@ms100)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hi support,

    Hope you are doing well.

    I use the latest Woo version 9.6.0. and I use the https://wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/ plugin to monitor requests.

    I see a request to URL “http://ipecho.net/plain” with the Woo user agent:

    {
    “method”: “GET”,
    “timeout”: 2,
    “redirection”: 5,
    “httpversion”: “1.0”,
    “user-agent”: “WooCommerce/9.6.0”,

    Could you please explain why the plugin is connecting to this domain?
    I would like to learn and understand, and most of all, know that it is a safe request.

    Thanks a lot.




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  • Saif

    (@babylon1999)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hello @ms100!

    It’s for the geo-location feature. I’m not sure if it will completely disable it, but you can try visiting WooCommerce ⇒ Settings ⇒ General. Under Default Customer Address, select an option like “Shop base address” instead of “Geolocate.”

    Cheers!

    Thread Starter ms100

    (@ms100)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Thanks a lot @babylon1999 Saif!

    Would it (not) make sense to use de Maxminddatabase, if installed?
    That would not require en external request?
    Might be faster, maybe safer, I don’t know 😉

    Reynier (a11n)

    (@reynierc)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hi @ms100

    The use of the MaxMind database is a good alternative. It does indeed allow for geolocation without making external requests when the database is downloaded and updated regularly.

    However, keep in mind that the initial download and periodic updates of the database do involve external requests. 🙂

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