Getting IP address from HTTP POST request using Python

Question

I am using a python script to do my webserver using the BaseHTTPServer module. Below is my code for the server:

import string,cgi,time
from os import curdir, sep
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
#import pri

class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

    def do_GET(self):
        try:
        if self.path.endswith("/"):
        f = open(curdir + sep + "index.html")
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-type',    'text/html')
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write("<HTML> GET OK.<BR>")
        f.close()
        return

            return

        except IOError:
            self.send_error(404,'File Not Found: %s' % self.path)


    def do_POST(self):
        global rootnode
        try:
            ctype, pdict = cgi.parse_header(self.headers.getheader('content-type'))
            if ctype == 'multipart/form-data':
                query=cgi.parse_multipart(self.rfile, pdict)
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header('Content-type',    'text/html')
        self.end_headers()
        file = query.get('file')
        self.wfile.write("<HTML> POST OK.<BR>")
        f = open("data.zip", "wb")
            f.write(file[0])
            f.close()
            print("File received.")
        return

        except :
            pass

def main():
    try:
        server = HTTPServer(('', 8080), MyHandler)
        print 'started httpserver...'
        server.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print '^C received, shutting down server'
        server.socket.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Is there anyway to get the IP address of a POST request when my server receives it? Many thanks in advance.

icktoofay · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-22 05:52:13Z

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You should be able to get their IP address with self.client_address[0].

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 5:52

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5 Comments

Zerhinne Over a year ago

When I do print self.client_address, it gives me an IP address and a number. Is that the port number?

icktoofay Over a year ago

@androidnoob: Yes, the second number is the client's port. If you want just the IP address, tack [0] onto the end.

Zerhinne Over a year ago

I see. Thank you very much for your prompt answer! I can't thank you enough for it!

pir Over a year ago

Hmm.. can you explain why I always get the value 192.168.2.50 no matter where the client is connecting from?

icktoofay Over a year ago

@pir: You've probably got a reverse proxy running in front of your application. Some proxies add an X-Forwarded-For header that provides the IP address of the client that connected to it.

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