Laravel getting file content and save to DB when registering

Question

I have this code:

    protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],
            'country' => 'http://ip-api.com/json/'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],
            'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
            'secret_question' => $data['secret_question'],
            'question_answer' => $data['question_answer'],
        ]);
    }
}

This is register function in laravel controller called AuthController.php

This line 'ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], works fine, I'm gettig user's IP. This http://ip-api.com/json/YOURipADDRESS API which detects not only location but also it detects some more stuff based on IP address. I only need to get countryCode from that API and store it to DB. How to do it correctly in this file ?

EDIT

This is my function right now but DB country is empty.

protected function create(array $data)
{
    $user_details = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://ip-api.com/json/'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']));
    return User::create([
        'name' => $data['name'],
        'email' => $data['email'],
        'ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],
        'country' => $user_details->country,
        'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
        'secret_question' => $data['secret_question'],
        'question_answer' => $data['question_answer'],
    ]);
}

Answer 1

$user_details = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://ip-api.com/json/your-ip-address'))

Now you have all details in $user_details as json. You can now use it to store to your DB.

$user_details->country  //to get country

In your AuthController.php

protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],
            'country' => $this->getCountry($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']),
            'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
            'secret_question' => $data['secret_question'],
            'question_answer' => $data['question_answer'],
        ]);
    }

protected function getCountry($ip)
{
   return json_decode(file_get_contents('http://ip-api.com/json/your-ip-address'))->country;
}