Forwarded HTTP

Resolves RFC 7239 (Forwarded HTTP Extension), with fallback to all legacy & special Forward headers: X-Forwarded-*, X-Real-*, Fastly-Client-IP, X-Cluster-Client-IP, and others.

Focuses on resolving to the RFC standard and providing a consistent access to HTTP Forwarded Parameters: by, for, host, proto.

Filter valid IPv4 or IPv6 IPs against glob pattern, array, string, regexp or matcher function.

Use as Express Middleware to populate req.forwarded object.

Install

npm install --save forwarded-http

API

forwarded(http.IncomingMessage[, options])

var forwarded = require('forwarded-http')
 
var params = forwarded(req)
 
// filter IP ranges
var filteredParams = forwarded(req, {
  filter: ['1.0.?.*', '2001:db8:*']
})
 
// don't list private IPs
var filteredParams = forwarded(req, {
  allowPrivate: false
})

.port

The final proxied port before hitting this server

var params = forwarded(req)
 
params.port // '8000'

.for

Oject with IPs as key with matching port used as value (if applicable)

var params = forwarded(req)
 
params.for // { '0.0.0.1': '8000', '0.0.0.2': '8001' }

.proto

The final proxied protocol before hitting this server

var params = forwarded(req)
 
params.proto // 'https'

.host

The proxied host

var params = forwarded(req)
 
arams.host // 'foo.com'

.ports

Array of ports the client is connected through

var params = forwarded(req)
 
params.ports // ['8000', '8001']

.ips

Array of IP addresses the client is connected through

var params = forwarded(req)
 
params.ips // ['0.0.0.1', '0.0.0.2']

Middleware

Use as Express Middleware to populate req.forwarded object.

forwarded([options])

var express = require('express')
var forwarded = require('forwarded-http/lib/middleware')
 
var app = express()
 
// use with default options
app.use(forwarded())
 
// or with options
app.use(forwarded(req, {
  filter: ['1.0.?.*', '2001:db8:*'],
  allowPrivate: false
})

Support

Donations are welcome to help support the continuous development of this project.

License

MIT © Ahmad Nassri