Synnefo

class RemoteAddrMiddleware(object):

    """

    A generic middleware that sets the REMOTE_ADDR if not sent by the server.

    Solves issues with nginx deployment that don't sets the REMOTE_ADDR meta

    key.

    """

    def process_request(self, request):

        if not request.META.has_key('REMOTE_ADDR'):

            request.META['REMOTE_ADDR'] = request.META.get('HTTP_X_REAL_IP', None)