Django : Get user IP from development server

Question

I'm trying to put the user IP in the page I send to the user. I've tried like explained here.

So my view looks like :

def yourip(request):
    return HttpResponse("Your IP is : %s" % request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'))

but request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR') returns None. Is it possible to do this from the development server? Or is the problem elsewhere?

Thank you.

Yahya Yahyaoui · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-31T16:21:34.673

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Try this:

def get_client_ip(request):
    x_forwarded_for = request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR')
    if x_forwarded_for:
        print "returning FORWARDED_FOR"
        ip = x_forwarded_for.split(',')[-1].strip()
    elif request.META.get('HTTP_X_REAL_IP'):
        print "returning REAL_IP"
        ip = request.META.get('HTTP_X_REAL_IP')
    else:
        print "returning REMOTE_ADDR"
        ip = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
    return ip

edited May 31 '15 at 16:21

answered May 31 '15 at 15:10

Yahya Yahyaoui

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I still get *None* in the page I render. – vmonteco May 31 '15 at 15:14
Looks like that these headers are not sent with local access. – Yahya Yahyaoui May 31 '15 at 15:17
I guess it is due to your Network type. If your network type is NAT, you will not get a "real" user IP. If you could explain how your network type is. – Yahya Yahyaoui May 31 '15 at 15:22
I just run this with the "python manage.py runserver" command. – vmonteco May 31 '15 at 15:23
Are you using a VirtualMachine which the networking is NAT for the development ? And you are forwarding ports to the ports on the VM ? – Yahya Yahyaoui May 31 '15 at 15:30
No VM, just the development server. – vmonteco May 31 '15 at 16:05
Ok, did you try with "ip = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')" . Try also accessing the server from another machine in the same network, you can for example if you have WIFI connect with your Smartphone and see the results. – Yahya Yahyaoui May 31 '15 at 16:10
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Thank you, REMOTE_ADDR seems to work. :) Can you edit your answer so I can validate? – vmonteco May 31 '15 at 16:12
@vmonteco I edited my answer :-) Feel free to validate it. Thanks – Yahya Yahyaoui May 31 '15 at 16:23
The general format of the field is: `X-Forwarded-For: client, proxy1, proxy2` so it needs to be `x_forwarded_for.split(',')[0].strip()` to get client IP and not your server's network proxy IP. – Igor Jerosimić Aug 26 '20 at 08:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 08:03

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In the development server, you can't get client IP so use Ngrok

Usage: ngrok http <your_development_server PORT>

answered Mar 12 '21 at 08:03

user10019377

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Django : Get user IP from development server

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