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repoze.what.plugins.ip
Advanced tools
It is a repoze.what_ plugin that provides an ip_from predicate.
easy_install_::
$ <env>/bin/easy_install repoze.what.plugins.ip
pip_::
$ <env>/bin/pip install repoze.what.plugins.ip
The source code can be found at code.google.com_.
ip_from([allowed=None], [proxies=None]) checks whether REMOTE_ADDR in the
environment points to an allowed IP address. If HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR is set
in the environment (meaning proxy access) then REMOTE_ADDR is treated as a proxy
address and HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR as an originating IP address.
allowed optional, default - None
A list of IPs to allow access. Can be a string which is then interpreted as
a single IP address
proxies optional, default - None
If a list or tuple provided then treated as a list of authorized proxy IP
addresses.
If a string or unicode provided then treated as a single IP address.
Any other value - ``bool(proxies) == True`` means that all proxies are
accepted
You can filter the incoming IP address::
>>> from repoze.what.plugins.ip import ip_from
>>> p = ip_from(allowed=['192.168.1.1'])
>>> env = {'REMOTE_ADDR': '192.168.1.1'}
>>> p.is_met(env)
True
>>> env = {'REMOTE_ADDR': '192.168.1.10'}
>>> p.is_met(env)
False
By default proxy access is disabled. You can enable it with proxies=True::
>>> p = ip_from(allowed=['192.168.0.0/24'], proxies=True)
>>> env = {
... 'REMOTE_ADDR': '192.168.1.1', # proxy
... 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR': '192.168.1.5' # origin
... }
>>> p.is_met(env)
True
And you can also explicitly specify proxies to allow::
>>> p = ip_from(allowed='192.168.1.5', proxies=['192.168.0.0/24'])
>>> env = {
... 'REMOTE_ADDR': '192.168.1.1', # proxy
... 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR': '192.168.1.5' # origin
... }
>>> p.is_met(env)
True
.. _repoze.what: http://what.repoze.org/docs/1.0/ .. _easy_install: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall .. _pip: http://pip.openplans.org/ .. _code.google.com: http://code.google.com/p/repoze-what-plugins-ip/
FAQs
ip based restrictions for repoze.what.
We found that repoze.what.plugins.ip demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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