PolymarketDocumentation/docs/developers/CLOB/geoblock.md

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Geographic Restrictions

Check geographic restrictions before placing orders on Polymarket's CLOB

Overview

Polymarket restricts order placement from certain geographic locations due to regulatory requirements and compliance with international sanctions. Before placing orders, builders should verify the location.

Orders submitted from blocked regions will be rejected. Implement geoblock checks in your application to provide users with appropriate feedback before they attempt to trade.

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Server Infrastructure

• Primary Servers: eu-west-2
• Closest Non-Georestricted Region: eu-west-1

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Geoblock Endpoint

Check the geographic eligibility of the requesting IP address:

GET https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock

Response

{
  "blocked": boolean;
  "ip": string;
  "country": string;
  "region": string;
}

Field	Type	Description
blocked	boolean	Whether the user is blocked from placing orders
ip	string	Detected IP address
country	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
region	string	Region/state code

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Blocked Countries

The following 33 countries are completely restricted from placing orders on Polymarket:

Country Code	Country Name
AU	Australia
BE	Belgium
BY	Belarus
BI	Burundi
CF	Central African Republic
CD	Congo (Kinshasa)
CU	Cuba
DE	Germany
ET	Ethiopia
FR	France
GB	United Kingdom
IR	Iran
IQ	Iraq
IT	Italy
KP	North Korea
LB	Lebanon
LY	Libya
MM	Myanmar
NI	Nicaragua
PL	Poland
RU	Russia
SG	Singapore
SO	Somalia
SS	South Sudan
SD	Sudan
SY	Syria
TH	Thailand
TW	Taiwan
UM	United States Minor Outlying Islands
US	United States
VE	Venezuela
YE	Yemen
ZW	Zimbabwe

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Blocked Regions

In addition to fully blocked countries, the following specific regions within otherwise accessible countries are also restricted:

Country	Region	Region Code
Canada (CA)	Ontario	ON
Ukraine (UA)	Crimea	43
Ukraine (UA)	Donetsk	14
Ukraine (UA)	Luhansk	09

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Usage Examples

```typescript theme={null} interface GeoblockResponse { blocked: boolean; ip: string; country: string; region: string; }

async function checkGeoblock(): Promise<GeoblockResponse> {
  const response = await fetch("https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock");
  return response.json();
}

// Usage
const geo = await checkGeoblock();

if (geo.blocked) {
  console.log(`Trading not available in ${geo.country}`);
} else {
  console.log("Trading available");
}
```

```python theme={null} import requests

def check_geoblock() -> dict:
    response = requests.get("https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock")
    return response.json()

# Usage
geo = check_geoblock()

if geo["blocked"]:
    print(f"Trading not available in {geo['country']}")
else:
    print("Trading available")
```