using ipware in model pre_save

[anuj9196]

I have a model in my project without view which creates a new associated record on post_save of parent model.

I used

from django.urls import reverse
from ipware.ip import get_real_ip

class ShortUrlVisitLogs(models.Model):
     shorturl = models.ForeignKey(ShortUrl, on_delete=models.CASCADE, blank=True)
     ip_address = models.CharField(max_length=225, blank=True, null=True)
     visit_time = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

@receiver(pre_save, sender=ShortUrlVisitLogs)
def pre_save_short_url_visit_logs(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
    instance.ip_address = get_real_ip(request)

Since this does not require any view. I want to use get_real_ip(request) in the model pre_save receiver as shown above.

But this is returning error

module 'django.http.request' has no attribute 'META'

[un33k]

A valid Django request object is get_real_ip()'s requirement. Best is to get the user's IP address in the very first request and store it in user's session or DB. Then you can use it wherever you want.

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