How to get Remote / Client IP address using RESTful web service in java?

Question

I have written Rest web service in my project.The web service call may come from different machine.so i need to find out the IP address through REST webservice.

From this link request.getRemoteAddr() to use this.

But i cant use getRemoteAddr(). Because my request and response are xml format.

I have used post method in REST service.Tomcat server.I have send request as xml format.

How can i get the IP address?

Solution

Assuming you are using JAX-RS:

@GET
Produces("application/xlm")
public String getData(@Context HttpServletRequest request){
   String ip = request.getRemoteAddr();
}

The @Context annotation allows you to inject instances of

• javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders,
• javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo,
• javax.ws.rs.core.Request,
• javax.servlet.HttpServletRequest,
• javax.servlet.HttpServletResponse,
• javax.servlet.ServletConfig,
• javax.servlet.ServletContext, and
• javax.ws.rs.core.SecurityContext objects.

Comments

[TheWhiteRabbit]

your request data (xml) is always wrapped in HTTP Request

[Ami]

I cant get the getRemoteAddr() through xml request object.

[Aakash Patel]

This will not give me my public ip if i am hitting from my own system