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Asked: 2026-06-02T22:22:33+00:00

I’m using the geocoder gem which has the ability to pick up IP address

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I’m using the geocoder gem which has the ability to pick up IP address from an http request. from the documentation: 

Geocoder adds a +location+ method to the standard <tt>Rack::Request</tt> object so you can easily look up the location of any HTTP request by IP address. For example, in a Rails controller or a Sinatra app:

 # returns Geocoder::Result object
  result = request.location

I put 

@result = request.location

in my controller and then in my view 

<%= @result %>

However, I got this. 

#<Geocoder::Result::Freegeoip:0x00000102dc7758>

I then tried

<%= @result.to_s %>

but it didn’t change anything.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If all you need is an IP address, then you can get that from the request headers. It may not be perfectly accurate due to spoofing, but from a quick look at some of the header values, I found the REMOTE_ADDR to contain mine. Just put this in a controller. If someone else can recommend other or better values to use, please let us know.

    request.headers['REMOTE_ADDR']

    I actually tried checking for HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR, but it didn’t exist in the headers. Perhaps webrick doesn’t use it.

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