index.js

/*!
 * forwarded
 * Copyright(c) 2014-2017 Douglas Christopher Wilson
 * MIT Licensed
 */

'use strict'

/**
 * Get all addresses in the request used in the `X-Forwarded-For` header.
 */
function forwarded (req) {
  if (!req) {
    throw new TypeError('argument req is required')
  }

  const header = req.headers['x-forwarded-for']
  const socketAddr = req.socket.remoteAddress

  if (!header || typeof header !== 'string') {
    return [socketAddr]
  } else if (header.indexOf(',') === -1) {
    const remote = header.trim()
    return (remote.length)
      ? [socketAddr, remote]
      : [socketAddr]
  } else {
    return parse(header, socketAddr)
  }
}

function parse (header, socketAddr) {
  const result = [socketAddr]

  let end = header.length
  let start = end
  let char
  let i

  for (i = end - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
    char = header[i]
    if (char === ' ') {
      (start === end) && (start = end = i)
    } else if (char === ',') {
      (start !== end) && result.push(header.slice(start, end))
      start = end = i
    } else {
      start = i
    }
  }

  (start !== end) && result.push(header.substring(start, end))

  return result
}

module.exports = forwarded
module.exports.default = forwarded
module.exports.forwarded = forwarded