Getting user's IP address in LC Server

Tim Selander selander at tkf.att.ne.jp
Tue May 4 04:41:25 EDT 2021


Hi Matthias!

Works like a charm -- didn't even occur to me to check the server 
variable for IP. (yeah, amateur!)

Thank you.

Tim Selander
Tokyo

On 2021.05.04 16:48, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> you can use the array variable $_SERVER for it. The variable contains the CGI interface related variables, along with any HTTP_* variables that are available.
>
>
> $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR] contains the remote ip address.
>
>
> Matthias
>
> -
> Matthias Rebbe
> Life Is Too Short For Boring Code
>
>> Am 04.05.2021 um 06:30 schrieb Tim Selander via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to make a web page that changes content a bit based on the user's location. I am using my on-rev hosting account and am trying two different service's APIs:
>>
>> 1) put "My country is" && url "https://api.ipdata.co/country_name?api-key=my/key"
>>
>> 2) put "curl https://api.ipgeolocation.io/getip" into IPvariable
>>
>> But both of these return the info for Liquid Web LLC, the on-rev server company, not the info for me as I test the page in Tokyo.
>>
>> What is a reliable way to get the user's IP address and or geolocation info from LC Server?
>>
>> Any help appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo
>>
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