Reading Meta Data

Reading and using someones IP address is something I do quite frequently, so I was happy to learn that it is pretty easy to read a visitors meta data in Django. I will explain how to view a visitors IP address, and that should get you started. For information on how to read other information, and a list of everything that is available, you can take a look at this devhttp page.

In PHP, to read a users IP address, you would look at the specific key in the $_SERVER variable like this.

$ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

And here is how to do it in a Django view.

ip_address = request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']

That should get the ball rolling with meta information. If you have any other questions or suggestions, feel free to comment below! Enjoy!