req.headers is undefined

[nirco123]

Hi All,

Any reason why the req.headers is undefined, we would love to get the request IP and it seems impossible without the headers, I tried search the code and the headers are been overwrite, any specific reason for that?

Thanks.

[steven-supersolid]

Assuming you mean in Cloud Code - this is the case on Parse.com but it is a bit limiting, e.g. we currently send the user agent information as part of a request as it is unavailable in the header.

The request object is not a node request object but Parse.Cloud.FunctionRequest
https://parse.com/docs/js/api/classes/Parse.Cloud.html#methods_define
I'd also like to know the reasoning behind this.

[nirco123]

Yes, but since we are not on Parse.com hosting any more im trying to understand if there is any reason not using headers in the request .

[andyburgess1978]

I've anted to do something similar for ages, but until the parse server came along there wasn't a way to do it.
I haven't been able to get the headers in the cloud/main.js file so I've added routes that handle the IP detection and then forward that on to the cloud code using Parse.Cloud.run calling the cloud function.

app.post('/push', function(req, res) {
var ip = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress || req.socket.remoteAddress || req.connection.socket.remoteAddress;
var data = {ips:ip};
Parse.Cloud.run('functionname', data, {
        success: function(response) {
          res.json({success: true, result:response});
        },
        error: function(error) {
          res.json({success: false, error:error});
        }
      });
}

[drew-gross]

We didn't do this because we were aiming for compatibility with Parse.com. It seems like there is interest, though, and I don't see any reason not to add it.

[tarekskr]

Any updates on this? I think it's really vital to allow access to the request's headers from Cloud Code.

[ritterb82]

+1

[greggmojica]

+1

[tarekskr]

@greggmojica this has already been implemented 👍

[greggmojica]

@tarekskr I actually just saw that. My bad. Thanks!!