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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Settings variables go here
+GEOIP_LICENSE_KEY="$GEOIP_LICENSE_KEY"
+PRODUCTS=()
+DESTINATION_DIRECTORY="."
+DOWNLOAD_LOCATION=""
+COLOR_OUTPUT=""
+[ -t 1 ] && COLOR_OUTPUT="y"
+
+msg() {
+	COLOR=""
+	COLOR_RST=""
+	if [ -n "$COLOR_OUTPUT" ] ; then
+		COLOR_RST="\e[00m"
+		case "$2" in
+			error|init_error) COLOR="\e[01;31m" ;;
+			success) COLOR="\e[32m" ;;
+			*) ;;
+		esac
+	fi
+	printf "$COLOR%s$COLOR_RST\n" "$1" >&2
+}
+
+show_help() {
+cat <<EOF
+Usage: maxmind-download.sh [OPTIONS]...
+
+OPTIONS
+	--license-key <key>
+		Set the licencse key that is unfortunately
+		needed for a successful download.
+	--product <id>
+		Which product to download
+		maxmind calls this the EditionID
+	--GeoLite2-mmdb-all
+		Selects all the GeoLite2 Products in mmdb
+		format, hoefully saves some headaces.
+		Will download:
+		* GeoLite2-ASN
+		* GeoLite2-City
+		* GeoLite2-Country
+	--to <destination>
+		Directory to place the downloded files in.
+		Filename will be <product>.(mmdb|csv)
+	--download-to <destination>
+		Directory to download to.
+		If specified, the files in the --to directory
+		will only be replaced if the download was successful.
+	--color
+	--no-color Explicitly enable or disable colored output.
+	--help Show this help message
+
+ENVOIRNMENT
+	GEOIP_LICENSE_KEY can be used to set the licencse key.
+
+EXIT CODES
+	1 Invalid paramters or filesystem envoirnment
+	2 Download failed
+	3 Expected file not found in download
+	4 Failed to extract download
+
+EOF
+}
+
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+	case "$1" in
+		--license-key) GEOIP_LICENSE_KEY="$2"; shift 2;;
+		--product) PRODUCTS+=("$2"); shift 2;;
+		--GeoLite2-mmdb-all)
+			PRODUCTS+=("GeoLite2-ASN")
+			PRODUCTS+=("GeoLite2-City")
+			PRODUCTS+=("GeoLite2-Country")
+			shift 1;;
+		--to) DESTINATION_DIRECTORY="$2"; shift 2;;
+		--download-to) DOWNLOAD_LOCATION="$2"; shift 2;;
+		--color) COLOR_OUTPUT="y"; shift 1;;
+		--no-color) COLOR_OUTPUT=""; shift 1;;
+
+		--help) show_help; exit 0;;
+		*) printf "Unknown option: %s\n" "$1"; exit 1;;
+	esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$GEOIP_LICENSE_KEY" ] ; then
+	msg "No License Key specified, the download won't work this way." init_error
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+[ -n "$DOWNLOAD_LOCATION" ] || DOWNLOAD_LOCATION="$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY"
+
+if [ -d "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY" ] || mkdir -p "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY" ; then
+	true
+else
+	msg "Destination is not a directory and can't be created!" init_error
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$DOWNLOAD_LOCATION" ] || mkdir -p "$DOWNLOAD_LOCATION" ; then
+	true
+else
+	msg "Dowload location is not a directory and can't be created!" init_error
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${#PRODUCTS[@]}" -eq "0" ] ; then
+	msg "No products specified, nothing to do." init_error
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+get_product_file_ext() {
+	if printf "%s" "$1" | grep -q 'CSV$' ; then
+		echo csv
+	else
+		echo mmdb
+	fi
+}
+
+# PrductID,DOWNLOAD_LOCATION
+download_maxmind_db() {
+	msg "Downloading Database $1 …" progess
+	# the path to download to
+	dl="$2/$1.tar.gz"
+	curl -fsSL -m 40 "https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download?edition_id=$1&license_key=$GEOIP_LICENSE_KEY&suffix=tar.gz" > "$dl"
+	if [ "_$?" != "_0" ] ; then
+		msg "Databse download of $1 failed!" error
+		rm "$dl"
+		return 2
+	fi
+	EXT="$(get_product_file_ext "$1")"
+	FILE_TO_EXTRACT="$(tar -tzf "$dl" | grep "/$1\.$EXT$")"
+	if [ -z "$FILE_TO_EXTRACT" ] ; then
+		msg "No .$EXT file found in the downloaded data!" error
+		rm "$dl"
+		return 3
+	fi
+	msg "Extracting $FILE_TO_EXTRACT from downloaded archive …" progess
+	if tar -C "$2" --strip-components=1 -xzf "$dl" "$FILE_TO_EXTRACT" ; then
+		msg "File extracted successfully." success
+		rm "$dl"
+		return 0
+	else
+		msg "File extraction failed!" error
+		rm "$dl"
+		return 4
+	fi
+}
+
+EXIT_CODE=""
+MSG_OUTPUT_TO_LOG="y"
+for product in "${PRODUCTS[@]}" ; do
+	download_maxmind_db "$product" "$DOWNLOAD_LOCATION"
+	RETCODE="$?"
+
+	if [ "_$RETCODE" = "_0" ] ; then
+		filename="$product.$(get_product_file_ext "$product")"
+		if [ "_$DOWNLOAD_LOCATION" != "_$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY" ] ; then
+			msg "Moving destination file …" progess
+			if [ -e "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY/$filename" ] ; then
+				[ -e "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY/$filename.bak" ] && rm "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY/$filename.bak"
+				mv "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY/$filename" "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY/$filename.bak"
+			fi
+			if mv "$DOWNLOAD_LOCATION/$filename" "$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY/$filename" ; then
+				msg "File $filename installed successfully." success
+			else
+				msg "Failed to install $filename!" error
+			fi
+		fi
+	else
+		[ -n "$EXIT_CODE" ] && [ "$EXIT_CODE" -lt "$RETCODE" ] || export EXIT_CODE="$RETCODE"
+	fi
+done
+
+exit $EXIT_CODE