MegaHydronics•5mo ago

Accessing client IP address in a query/mutation

Good day. Any help would be appreciated, as I am fairly new to Convex. Is there a way to expose HTTP headers, such as for obtaining the IP address in the example below? Or is an httpAction required for this use case?

const registerClient = mutation({
  args: { userAgent: v.string() },
  handler: async (ctx, { userAgent }) => {
    // get ip address from 'x-forwarded-for' header
    await ctx.db.insert('client', { userAgent, ip })
  }
})

const registerClient = mutation({
  args: { userAgent: v.string() },
  handler: async (ctx, { userAgent }) => {
    // get ip address from 'x-forwarded-for' header
    await ctx.db.insert('client', { userAgent, ip })
  }
})

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MegaHydronicsOP•5mo ago

#ask-ai referred me to this post https://discord.com/channels/1019350475847499849/1281699105101451284 which answered my question.

ballingt•5mo ago

What's your goal with this? Currently the incoming IP address is not exposed even in an httpAction.

MegaHydronicsOP•5mo ago

It's for simple analytics of users' geographical distribution.

const response = await fetch(`https://ipinfo.io/${ip}/json/?token=${process.env.ipinfoToken}`)

const response = await fetch(`https://ipinfo.io/${ip}/json/?token=${process.env.ipinfoToken}`)

ballingt•5mo ago

If Convex were to expose as an extra header or ctx.meta.geo property would you want the geographical location directly, or still the IP address?

MegaHydronicsOP•5mo ago

For my use case, ctx.meta.geo would be great.

Rane•5mo ago

For my use case, I’m looking to implement an IP-based rate limiter in Convex. This would require reading the client’s IP address within an action. Is there currently any way to access the IP address server-side in Convex without having to rely on the client to send it?

timmm•2mo ago

@ballingt I would definitely use this too. To rate limit on IP address I have to use a http endpoint. I think for me I'd probably want the raw details from the http request (presumably) that happens when initating the web socket

Accessing client IP address in a query/mutation

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