IPost/extra_modules/getip.js
2022-07-31 11:52:11 +02:00

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const fs = require('fs');
const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("server_config.json"))
/**
* gets ip of a request
* @param {request} req
* @returns ip of the given request, after taking preferred headers into account
*/
function getIP(req) {
let ip = req.socket.remoteAddress;
if(req.headers[config.preferred_ip_header] != undefined && ip == config.only_prefer_when_ip)ip = req.headers[config.preferred_ip_header]
return ip
}
module.exports = getIP