I’m using my Nuxt app with cloudflare to get users geo location country (cf-ipcountry) using a middleware. I’ve recently switched to DigitalOcean from Google Cloud App Engine and seems like I’m unable to request cf-ipcountry.
Do you guys have any idea why? Or how i can fix it?
Here’s a sample code:
export default async function ({ req,res }) {
try {
const loc = req.headers['cf-ipcountry']
if (loc === undefined) {
console.log("Unknown")
} else {
console.log(loc)
}
}
catch (err) {
console.log(err)
}
}
Checking the request headers in the DigitalOcean App Logs, I cant even see cf-ipcountry.
Would really appreciate any help. Thanks!
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Heya,
Just came across this answer and decided to write some general guidelines for anyone who comes across this in the future despite the old question.
Cloudflare’s ‘cf-ipcountry’ header is specific to traffic that goes through the Cloudflare network. If you have recently moved your application from Google Cloud App Engine to DigitalOcean and you are not seeing the ‘cf-ipcountry’ header anymore, it’s likely that your traffic is not going through Cloudflare.
You need to ensure that your domains DNS settings are pointed to Cloudflare nameservers. Also, make sure Cloudflare is set to proxy traffic for your domain (orange cloud icon in DNS settings).
If your settings are correct and you’re still having issues, you might want to reach out to Cloudflare support, as they might be better equipped to help with this specific header issue.
For more information about DigitalOcean App platform configuration, please refer to the DigitalOcean App Platform Documentation.
Hope that this helps!
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