[SOLVED] Is it possible to get a Locale instance for a specific user in a cloud function?

[hasty dirge]

Hi! 😊

I'd like to get the IP address of the user that initiates a cloud function. According to the documentation it should be possible to use the Locale API for that (this is from the Node.js, Cloud documentation):

// Init SDK
const client = new sdk.Client();

const locale = new sdk.Locale(client);

client
    .setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
    .setKey('919c2d18fb5d4...a2ae413da83346ad2') // Your secret API key
;

const promise = locale.get();

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response);
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error);
});```

Executing the above code from a cloud function returns the IP address of the server (which in case of Appwrite Cloud is in Germany), which makes sense. This is however not the information I'm looking for. I'd like to retrieve the IP address of the user that initiates the function.

So I was thinking of getting the user first:

```var user = await users.get(req.headers["x-appwrite-user-id"]);```

But now I'm stuck. Does anyone know how I run locale.get(); on that user object, so that I can retrieve the IP address from that user? Or is what I'm trying to not possible?

Is it possible to get a Locale instance for a specific user in a cloud function?

I'm always struggling to get the title right. 😂

[jolly patio]

the locale endpoint will return the IP address of the caller. in this case, the caller would be your function, not the end user

[jolly patio]

maybe you can use the country code header? https://appwrite.io/docs/products/functions/development#headers

[hasty dirge]

Thanks, that confirms my findings. Does this mean that it's not possible to get the Locale data for a specific user on the server side? 🤔 I'm looking for something for something like this "locale.get([USER_ID]);"

[hasty dirge]

I tried this, but unfortunately this only seems to work when the user created a session, otherwise this header is empty. 🤔 I'd like to store the user's country/IP during signup, just before a session is actually created.

[hasty dirge]

#1093986953046786200 message

I found this thread (through Google actually, it didn't show up through Discord search), which answers my question.

I'd be very useful if it's possible to access information like the user IP address on the server side though. That way it's possible to perform things like an IP ban. I guess I should make a request for it on GitHub. 😊