How to Create Custom Location Dropdown Block On Your Drupal Site

Here we are creating the Location Dropdown Block (Country-Region Dropdown) with the help of taxonomy terms.

Steps:-

First of all, We have to go on over Drupal Site and Create the Vocabulary Name ‘Location’:

structure/taxonomy/Location

Then Create Country as Parent Term And Region as Child Term accordingly :

Create a Custom Module For the Location Dropdown Block (We can also use any Existing Custom  Module For Location Dropdown Block):

 Create Custom Block File (PHP file):

src/Plugin/Block/LocationDropdownBlock.php

Here is the Example Code of .PHP file

Now we have to use any API to get the IP Address of the User:

Free API to get the IP Address Of the User:

1. https://ipapi.co/json
2 .https://rapidapi.com/ibrarasadbiz/api/ip-geo-location-find-ip-location-and-details/

3.https://rapidapi.com/xakageminato/api/ip-geolocation-ipwhois-io/-

Paid API to get the IP Address Of the User:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geolocation/get-api-key

we are using free API :–https://ipapi.co/json

Create a Form :-

src/Form/DemoappLocationBlockForm.php:

 Here is the Example Code of .PHP file

Next, Go to Your Drupal Site and Install the Location Dropdown Block:

Place the Location Dropdown Block into the Header Region:

Go to structure/block layout/

We can now see the location of the user as per region:

If you still have any questions regarding the topic, drop your comments down below.