Node.js: Get client's IP

Question

req.connection.remoteAddress, req.headers[\'x-forwarded-for\'], req.ip, req.ips, what does it all mean?

Is there a straight forward way to simply get the IP address

Answer 1

Getting the client IP is pretty straightforward:

 var ip = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || 
     req.connection.remoteAddress || 
     req.socket.remoteAddress ||
     req.connection.socket.remoteAddress;
     console.log(ip);