Original ip of user in the flask/Python

Website, Application, Performance Security
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https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170786-Restoring-original-visitor-IPs-Logging-visitor-IP-addresses

Hi, I use python / flask and unfortunately I don’t know how to use this “tutorial” to get it done so that it finally shows the original data - not the Cloudflare ip addresses.

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Try to get the HTTP Request Header of each request: namely CF-Connecting-IP.

Refer to this documentation: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170986-How-does-Cloudflare-handle-HTTP-Request-headers-

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ok, what should i do exactly?

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I’m not familiar with Python Flask, but I think this link may help you:

In this case, try replacing “your-header-name” to “cf-connecting-ip”, something like this:

request.headers.get('cf-connecting-ip')
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