djblets.http.requests¶

Utilities for working with HTTP requests.

get_http_request_ip(request: HttpRequest) → str[source]¶

Return the IP address from a client for a given HTTP request.

This will check the following headers for a suitable IP address:

• X-Real-IP

• X-Forwarded-For

If not found, it will fall back to the IP address the request originated from, which may be a public address or an internal address within the service’s network.

New in version 6.0.

Parameters:

request (django.http.HttpRequest) – The HTTP request from the client.

Returns:

The IP address for the request.

Return type:

str