Feathers: Accessing remote_address in before hook from REST provider

Created on 5 May 2016 · 5Comments · Source: feathersjs/feathers

Hi feathers,

Is it possible to access the remote_address in the before hook and if so, how is it done?

Best regards
Patrick

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patrickpereira

Most helpful comment

You can add a middleware and set the req.feathers object with that information:

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  req.feathers.ip = req.ip;
  next();
});

Now it will be available for every REST call in the service parameters as params.ip. For websocket connections you will have to do the same thing in a Socket.io middleware.

daffl on 5 May 2016

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You can add a middleware and set the req.feathers object with that information:

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  req.feathers.ip = req.ip;
  next();
});

Now it will be available for every REST call in the service parameters as params.ip. For websocket connections you will have to do the same thing in a Socket.io middleware.

daffl on 5 May 2016

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Brilliant, thanks!

patrickpereira on 5 May 2016

Glad to help. Closing.

daffl on 6 May 2016

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