Geolocation Country Block

import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'

// Block Austria, prefer Germany
const BLOCKED_COUNTRY = 'AT'

export function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
  const country = req.geo.country || 'US'

  if (country === BLOCKED_COUNTRY) {
    return new Response('Blocked for legal reasons', { status: 451 })
  }
  return new Response(`Greetings from ${country}, where you are not blocked.`)
}

How to Use

You can choose from one of the following two methods to use this repository:

One-Click Deploy

Deploy the example using Vercel:

Clone and Deploy

Execute create-next-app with npm or Yarn to bootstrap the example:

npx create-next-app --example https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions/geolocation-country-block geolocation-country-block
# or
yarn create next-app --example https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions/geolocation-country-block geolocation-country-block

Next, run Next.js in development mode:

npm install
npm run dev

# or

yarn
yarn dev

Deploy it to the cloud with Vercel (Documentation).