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How do I get the user IP address from the incoming request in loopback 4?

Am new to loopback 4, I want to get the user IP address, their domain details, user agent and the url they are trying to access so on so i wrote a sequence, i have accessed the request context but couldn't get the exact key to find out the details am looking for

export class MySequence extends MiddlewareSequence {
  async handle(context: RequestContext): Promise<void> {
    const {request, response} = context;

    console.log('Isnide', {request});
    const data = await super.handle(context);
  }
}
Solution

  • Have a look at the context documentation and the properties:

    https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/apidocs.rest.requestcontext.html

    context.requestedBaseUrl and context.basePath are probably useful to you.

    If you want specific HTTP headers, see here:

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Request_header

    Host and Referer are probably interesting for you too.