Loopback get IP address from operation hook

Question

Well, that XD, how do I get the IP Address of the querier (if that's even the word xD) from within an operation hook? or a remote hook? (I can save it with loopback.getCurrentContext() to use on the operation hook).

Say:

Model.observe('loaded', function(ctx,next) {
   ctx.ip ??
});

Answer 1

So I found this: https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/issues/1495 & this: How to determine a user's IP address in node Great help from both, I just took what I needed to get the address and save it on the loopback current context like this on a startup script:

var loopback = require('loopback'); 

module.exports = function (app) {     

  app.remotes().before('*.*', function(ctx,next) {
    loopback.getCurrentContext().set('remoteAddress',ctx.req.connection.remoteAddress);
    next();
  });

  app.remotes().before('*.prototype.*', function(ctx,instance,next) {
    loopback.getCurrentContext().set('remoteAddress',ctx.req.connection.remoteAddress);
    next();
  });
};

Then I just get it on an operation hook like this:

Model.observe('loaded', function(ctx,next) {
   console.log("Remote Address: ", loopback.getCurrentContext().get('remoteAddress'));
});