How can i get user id serverside?

Question

I am making a node.js application with express and i need to get user ID. I need something like "req.userID", to use like that:

var counter=0;
var user = new Array();

router.get("/", function(req, res) {
 var aux=0;
 user.forEach(i => { 
  if(i != req.userID)
   var aux++;
  else console.log("User exist!");
  if(aux === user.length)
   user.push(req.userID);
 })

});

You will need an authentication middleware to attach the user credentials to the request. — technicallynick, Aug 31 '20 at 16:40
What is "userID"? Do you mean some kind of account ID? If so, look up Cookies. — ObsoleteAwareProduce, Aug 31 '20 at 16:40
@technicallynick I'm a newbie to node.js, can you explain a little more? — Guilherme Carvalho Silva, Aug 31 '20 at 16:48
@ObsoleteAwareProduce No, i want userID to be something **like** user network IP. — Guilherme Carvalho Silva, Aug 31 '20 at 16:48
To get IP, see [this thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8107856/how-to-determine-a-users-ip-address-in-node). BTW, middleware is a function that sits between express and your code, usually helping out with something like POST data parsing or authentication. — ObsoleteAwareProduce, Aug 31 '20 at 16:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '20 at 17:00

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"req.connection.remoteAddress" Thanks ObsoleteAwareProduce, that's exactly what i was looking for :D

answered Aug 31 '20 at 17:00

Guilherme Carvalho Silva

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How can i get user id serverside?

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