Introduction
In the world of reverse proxies and cloud servers the use of $_SERVER.REMOTE_ADDR as a method of tracking client IP addresses is become less and less effective
This simple extension uses the ipify.org API to get a more accurate IP address
Installation
Installation is via the project extension manager
or the npm is here.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hyperbytes/wappler-get-client-ip
Use
The extension can be found under the "Custom Extensions" group called "GetClientIP"
it has no inputs
Schema
The extension outputs the IP address and IP address type (IPv4 or IPv6)
{"myip":{"ip":"213.1.3.152","type":"IPv4"}}