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OurBigBook VPN blocking

OurBigBook Web supports blocking VPN users from signing up in order to reduce SPAM.
This is currently done by making API calls to ipapi.is/ after the reCAPTCHA check.
To enable this, you must set the OURBIGBOOK_IPAPI_IS_API_KEY environment variable to contain your API key, which can be obtained by signing up to the freemium service:
./heroku config:set OURBIGBOOK_IPAPI_IS_API_KEY=api_key
To test locally, the checks ca be enabled with:
OURBIGBOOK_IPAPI_IS_API_KEY=api_key OURBIGBOOK_DEV_IP=123.456.789.1 npm run dev
which also fakes an IP with OURBIGBOOK_DEV_IP.

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