Rest - how get IP address of caller

Question

I am writing a Java Rest Web Service and need the caller\'s IP Address. I thought I saw this in the cookie once but now I don\'t see it. Is there a consistent place to get this

Answer 1

You could do something like this:

@WebService
public class YourService {

   @Resource
   WebServiceContext webServiceContext; 

   @WebMethod 
   public String myMethod() { 

      MessageContext messageContext = webServiceContext.getMessageContext();
      HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) messageContext.get(MessageContext.SERVLET_REQUEST); 
      String callerIpAddress = request.getRemoteAddr();

      System.out.println("Caller IP = " + callerIpAddress); 

   }
}