Question

This is the module I am working with: http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpGeoipModule

From what I can see, since it is configured on the nginx config and uwsgi it looks like there is no choice but to have it run the geoip on every page and then only collect and use the variable when needed.

From a performance point of view I would rather have it so I request the geoip ONLY when needed, cache it in a cookie or session and then not request it again to speed up the site.

Is anyone able to tell me if this is possible?

Answer 1

From a performance point of view I would rather have it so I request the geoip ONLY when needed, cache it in a cookie or session and then not request it again to speed up the site.
Is anyone able to tell me if this is possible?`

Yes, it’s possible. But from a performance point of view, you should not worry, as geoip database are stored in memory (at the reading configuration phase) and nginx doing lookups very fast.

Anyway if you want, you can use something like:

set $country $cookie_country;

if ($country == '') {
    set $country $geoip_country_code;
    add_header Set-Cookie country=$geoip_country_code; 
}

uwsgi_param GEOIP_COUNTRY $country;