From ab51187a58ecf08ccdfe2bd7cb769314bcda9801 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agrendalath <piotr@surowiec.it>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:44:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle countries not recognized by geoip2 DB

The `geoip2` library returns `None` when it only identifies the continent
related to the IP address.
---
 openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/api.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/api.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/api.py
index 9445b56fb998..76ca9f3f2fad 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/geoinfo/api.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def country_code_from_ip(ip_addr: str) -> str:
     try:
         response = reader.country(ip_addr)
         # pylint: disable=no-member
-        country_code = response.country.iso_code
+        country_code = response.country.iso_code or ""
     except geoip2.errors.AddressNotFoundError:
         country_code = ""
     reader.close()