Parse HTTP X-Forwarded-For header
This is a Node.js module available through the
npm registry. Installation is done using the
npm install
command:
$ npm install forwarded
var forwarded = require('forwarded')
var addresses = forwarded(req)
Parse the X-Forwarded-For
header from the request. Returns an array
of the addresses, including the socket address for the req
, in reverse
order (i.e. index 0
is the socket address and the last index is the
furthest address, typically the end-user).
$ npm test
# forwarded [![NPM Version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url] [![Node.js Version][node-version-image]][node-version-url] [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![Test Coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] Parse HTTP X-Forwarded-For header ## Installation This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the [npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). Installation is done using the [`npm install` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-npm-packages-locally): ```sh $ npm install forwarded ``` ## API ```js var forwarded = require('forwarded') ``` ### forwarded(req) ```js var addresses = forwarded(req) ``` Parse the `X-Forwarded-For` header from the request. Returns an array of the addresses, including the socket address for the `req`, in reverse order (i.e. index `0` is the socket address and the last index is the furthest address, typically the end-user). ## Testing ```sh $ npm test ``` ## License [MIT](LICENSE) [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/forwarded.svg [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/forwarded [node-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/node/v/forwarded.svg [node-version-url]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/ [travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/jshttp/forwarded/master.svg [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/jshttp/forwarded [coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/jshttp/forwarded/master.svg [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/jshttp/forwarded?branch=master [downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/forwarded.svg [downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/forwarded