How to get visitors IP address in Java?

[Vicky Thakor]

I searched whole google, tried tons of codes but can't find answer how to get visitors ip address...

out.print(request.getRemoteAddr());

You can check out on my website... it shows 127.0.0.1

http://www.0signals.com/test/

[Tim Moores]

Try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Forwarded-For

[Vicky Thakor]

import javaQuery.j2ee.GeoLocation
request.getHeader("VIA");
String ipAddress = request.getHeader("X-FORWARDED-FOR");
       if (ipAddress == null) {
            ipAddress = request.getRemoteAddr();
       }
GeoLocation gl = new GeoLocation();
gl.GetGeoLocationByIP(ipAddress);
String country = gl.Country;

This will give you IP address of visitor you can read thie article

How to get visitors IP address in Java?
http://www.javaquery.com/2011/12/how-to-get-visitors-ip-address-in-java.html

[Tim Moores]

Not sure what you're asking; can you rephrase the question with more detail? Are you saying the x-forwarded-for header doesn't contain the IP address? If so, talk to your system admin for where else you might look for it. It's also possible that header hasn't been set up.

[Vicky Thakor]

Tim i got the solution and thank you.....I pasted code here so other who visit this thread can find the solution...