How to retrieve client ip address and find location using node js - node.js

Question

I have tried using the following approach but when hosted the application . I'm getting the ip address that the application us hosted on.
Also I have used req.ip and req.socket.remoteAddress but it was returning the local host ip I.e ,::1
here is what I tried.
var express = require('express');
var request = require('request');
var app = express();
const IPData = require("ipdata").default;
require('dotenv').config();
const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY;
const ipdata = new IPData(apiKey);
app.get('/location', async (req, res) => {
try{
request.get('http://ipinfo.io/ip', (error, response, body) => {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
let clientIp = req.headers["x-forward-ip"] || body
console.log(body);
ipdata.lookup(clientIp)
.then((data) => {
console.log(data);
return res.json({
city: data.city,
region: data.region,
country: data.country_name,
postal: data.postal
});
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
res.status(500).send('Error looking up location');
});
}
});
}catch(error) {
console.log(error);
res.status(500).send('Error looking up location');
}
});
app.listen(8000, () => {
console.log('Server started on port 8000');
});

Answer 1

Try this:
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const IpGeoLocation = require("ip-geolocation-api-javascript-sdk");
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
// Get client's IP address
const clientIp = req.connection.remoteAddress;
// Initialize IpGeoLocation with your API key
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const ipGeoLocation = new IpGeoLocation(apiKey);
// Get location information for the client's IP address
ipGeoLocation
.getGeoLocation(clientIp)
.then((location) => {
console.log(location);
res.send(location);
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error(error);
res.status(500).send(error);
});
});
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log("Server listening on port 3000");
});
const ipGeoLocation = require("ip-geolocation-node");
const clientIp = req.connection.remoteAddress;
ipGeoLocation
.getGeoLocation(clientIp)
.then((location) => {
console.log(location);
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error(error);
});