express-real-ip

Get ip address from custom header

 
var app = require('express')();
var getRealIp = require('express-real-ip')();
 
app.use(getRealIp);
 
app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
    res.send(req.ip);
    next();
});
 
app.listen(3000, function() {
    console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});
 
// curl localhost:3000 -H "X-Real-Ip: 87.250.248.98"
// 87.250.248.98

API

express-real-ip([options])

Returns middleware function, that appends header value to X-Forwarded-For header (this is how express figures out req.ip value).

options

• headerName - name of header, which contains real ip address (defaults to X-Real-Ip).

License

MIT (c) 2014 Vsevolod Strukchinsky (floatdrop@gmail.com)