Logging client IP using Node.js and Express

I'm working on serving up a website using Node.js and Express. One issue I'm having is getting the client browser's IP address logged -- it's consistently coming up as 127.0.0.1. I'm assuming there's something with the way Webfaction is routing the request as I can get it working on my development machine.

I'm using the Connect middleware for logging, and using either the default format string, which uses ":remote-addr", or a custom format string that uses ":res[x-forwarded-for]", both of which give me only 127.0.0.1 as the resulting address.

Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone know of a workaround or a different token to use in the format string?

Thanks.

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asked 02 Jan '14, 05:43

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1	I think you need to enable "trust proxy" in your express settings. See the following URLs for more info: app settings in express api reference req.ip in express api reference Hope that helps! permanent link answered 02 Jan '14, 16:38 seanf 12.2k●4●21●36 accept rate: 37%

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