API ip-geo D&R Rule

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Trying to use the below rule to match IPs that do not geo locate to the US or Canada. The below rule is matching all US IPs instead. I know the add-on works.
What am I doing wrong here?

event: UserLoggedIn
metadata_rules:
  op: or
  rules:
    - op: is
      not: true
      path: event/country/iso_code
      value: US
      case sensitive: false
    - op: is
      not: true
      path: event/country/iso_code
      value: CA
      case sensitive: false
op: lookup
path: event/ActorIpAddress
resource: lcr://api/ip-geo
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This is a classic boolean logic issue. You need and, not or.

Your current rule reads: “match if country is NOT US OR country is NOT CA.” For a US IP:

  • NOT US → false
  • NOT CA → true
  • or → true (matches, because it’s not CA)

Every IP will match at least one of the two negated conditions, so or matches everything.

Fix: Change op: or to op: and:

metadata_rules:
  op: and
  rules:
    - op: is
      not: true
      path: event/country/iso_code
      value: US
      case sensitive: false
    - op: is
      not: true
      path: event/country/iso_code
      value: CA
      case sensitive: false

Now it reads: “match if country is NOT US AND country is NOT CA” — which is what you want. A US IP fails the first check, so the whole and is false. Only IPs outside both US and CA will match.

This is De Morgan’s Law: NOT(US or CA) = NOT US AND NOT CA.

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Thank you for taking the time to explain in detail! It seems so obvious now…

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