HTTP Request Referer in Meteor Iron Router

Question

I have a server side route in my Meteor app where I can get, for instance, the client's IP:

this.route('foo', {
    where: 'server',
    path: '/bar',
    action: function () {
      var ip = context.request.connection.remoteAddress;
    }
  });

How can I access the referer field? Do I need to use Meteor Headers?

Answer 1

You can directly access the connect request object, which has the headers:

this.request.headers['referer']

Like this:

Router.map(function () {
    this.route('foo', {
        where: 'server',
        path: '/bar',
        action: function () {
            console.log("All headers:", this.request.headers);
            console.log("Referer:", this.request.headers['referer']);
        }
    })
});