Node.js get IP Address
Getting a user's IP address seems pretty straightforward in Node.js, right? Does it need a special post on my blog? Yes it does, we'll find out why in a few seconds.
Conventional wisdom says, this is how you would get the IP address from a request:
var ip = req.connection.remoteAddress;
But there is a problem. If you are running your app behind Nginx or any proxy, every single IP addresses will be 127.0.0.1 
Probably you can see the problem now. So what is the solution?
Look for the originating IP address in the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. You will find it in req.header('x-forwarded-for'). Considering that fact, here is the best way to get the IP address of a user:
var ip = req.header('x-forwarded-for') || req.connection.remoteAddress;
Now you can be sure the variable ip will catch the IP address of the client, not your proxy's.
Thanks for the post.
What is the solution if you are using socket.io (websocket), where you get the remote address as,
socket.sockets.on(‘connection’, function(client){
var ip = client.handshake.address.address
…
}
var ip = client.handshake.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || client.handshake.address.address;
working for me.
I am properly getting the remote IP address and not 127.0.0.1
Great!