Hey Tushar, Try changing HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR to REMOTE_ADDR. The second one of those is what will give you the user's IP address. Bear in mind that if they're behind a proxy, you'll get the IP address of that proxy instead of theirs, but then again, that's one of the points of their using a proxy to begin with :-)
Good luck! On Feb 25, 4:38 am, Tushar Gandhi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > For my upcoming application I need to find the location of the user. > I am doing this by using the "GeoIp" plugin. > For geoIp I have to find the IP address of the incoming request. > I have written the code to get the IP address:- > "client_ipaddress=request.env["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] || > request.remote_addr" > But it is giving me the IP address of the machine. Is it right? > If yes then how the GeoIp will find the location of the machine. > I have tried some online demo's which actually detect the IP address of > the router and depending on that they are finding the location. > > Can anyone tell me Am I on right path? > > Thanks, > Tushar > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
