Question

I know how to get it in views.py….

request.META[‘REMOTE_ADDR’]

However, how do I get it in models.py when one of my forms is being validateD?

Answer 1

Ona possible way, but i am not sure if it is the best or not…

define your own clean method,

class someForm(forms.Form):
    afield = CharField()

    def clean(self, **kwargs):
        cleaned_data = self.cleaned_data
        afield = cleaned_data.get('afield')
        if 'ip' in kwargs:
            ip = kwargs['ip']
            # ip check block, you migth use your cleaned data in here
        return cleaned_data


some_info = {'afield':123} #you will wish to use post or gt form data instead, but tihs iis for example
form = someForm(some_info) 
if form.is_valid():
    data = form.clean({'ip':request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']}) # you pass a dict with kwargs, which wwill be used in custom clean method