# Retrieving requester IP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-requester-ip/154443>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 29, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-requester-ip/154443 "2008-11-29T18:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chero)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-requester-ip/154443/1 "2008-11-29T18:29:43Z")

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Hey All,  
How can you access the requesting computer’s IP address?

Thanks,  
Jim Englert

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**Author:** ![chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chero)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-requester-ip/154443/2 "2008-11-29T20:07:04Z")

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On Nov 29, 2008, at 9:28 AM, James E. wrote:

> How can you access the requesting computer’s IP address?

In a controller you can use request.remote\_ip. So…

@visitor\_ip = request.remote\_ip

– gw