using ajax to set websocket clinet's IP

examples/clients/web/actionHeroWebSocket.js

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
       path: "/faye",
       setupChannel: "/_welcome",
       channelPrefix: "/client/websocket/connection/",
-      startupDelay: 500
+      startupDelay: 500,
+      apiPath: "/api"
     }
   }
 
@@ -64,8 +65,10 @@
       });
 
       setTimeout(function(){
-        self.detailsView(function(details){
-          callback(null, details);
+        self.setIP(function(err, ip){
+            self.detailsView(function(details){
+              callback(null, details);
+            });
         });
       }, self.options.startupDelay);
 
@@ -109,6 +112,30 @@
     }
   };
 
+  actionHeroWebSocket.prototype.setIP = function(callback){
+    var self = this;
+    try{
+      var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+      xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function(){
+        if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200){
+          var response = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);
+          var ip = response.requestorInformation.remoteAddress;
+          self.send({ event: 'setIP', ip: ip }, function(){
+            callback(null, ip);
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      xmlhttp.open("GET", self.options.host + self.options.apiPath, true);
+      xmlhttp.send();
+    }catch(e){
+      // can't make the ajax call, assume it's localhost
+      var ip = "127.0.0.1";
+      self.send({ event: 'setIP', ip: ip }, function(){
+        callback(null, ip);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   actionHeroWebSocket.prototype.action = function(action, params, callback){
     if(callback == null && typeof params == 'function'){
       callback = params;

examples/clients/web/webSockets.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <script src="/public/javascript/actionHeroWebSocket.js"></script>
 
 <h1>Websocket Example</h1>
-Open the Console.
+Open the Console for more information.
 
 <script>
 

initializers/webSocketServer.js

@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ var webSocketServer = function(api, next){
           actionProcessor.processAction();
         }
 
+        else if(event == "setIP"){
+          connection.remoteIP = data.ip;
+          connection.sendMessage({context: "response", status: "OK", messageCount: connection.messageCount});
+          api.log("setIP @ webSocket", "debug", {clientId: connection.rawConnection.clientId, params: JSON.stringify(data)});
+        }
+
         else if(event == "say"){
           api.chatRoom.socketRoomBroadcast(connection, data.message);
           connection.sendMessage({context: "response", status: "OK", messageCount: connection.messageCount});
@@ -199,6 +205,7 @@ var webSocketServer = function(api, next){
           var details = {
             params: connection.params,
             id: connection.id,
+            remoteIP: connection.remoteIP,
             connectedAt: connection.connectedAt,
             room: connection.room,
             totalActions: connection.totalActions,

test/client_webSockets.js

@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ describe('Client: Web Sockets', function(){
   it('I can get my connection details', function(done){
     client_1.detailsView(function(response){
       response.should.be.an.instanceOf(Object);
-      response.status.should.equal("OK")
+      response.status.should.equal("OK");
       response.details.connectedAt.should.be.within(0, new Date().getTime())
-      response.details.room.should.equal("defaultRoom")
+      response.details.room.should.equal("defaultRoom");
+      response.details.remoteIP.should.equal("127.0.0.1");
       done()
     });
   });