fetching client ip via context request

[ethdev279]

I'm trying to fetch client's ip address in one of my resolvers using the request object. I know Ip address something related to nginx proxy(I did that). basically I'm doing like this

const ip = request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || 
     request.connection.remoteAddress || 
     request.socket.remoteAddress ||
     request.connection.socket.remoteAddress;
     console.log(ip);

But getting undefined or null. it seems to work earlier for yoga v1 but it is not working for yogav2. can u pls help me on this one

[ardatan]

In GraphQL Yoga. request object is a Request not Node's IncomingMessage so it doesn't have connection or socket but it has headers which is not a key-value object but more like a Map which is a Headers with get and set methods.

If you really want to access Node's IncomingMessage, you can get it from context.req instead of context.request which is available only in @graphql-yoga/node & Node.js environment.

See here to learn more about Yoga's context object;
https://www.graphql-yoga.com/docs/features/context

[ethdev279]

Thanks much for your response. it was working on yogav1 using context's request object right? if so, it would be nice to include all the breaking changes from v1 to v2 in the changelog documentation or migration guide :)

[Urigo]

@ethdev279 would you be willing to help us add this part into the migration doc?