burkheart
11 years agoContributor
REST API: Get IP Address for Message for Geo/Location plots
Hi, I am trying to do a Geo location plot for a selected set of messages for a given board. I was hoping I could get to the IP address of the user that posted the message through the REST API. I wou...
- 11 years agoYou can get the login name from the author/login property of the message object, e.g.:
http://[community domain]/[community name]/restapi/vc/messages/id/[message id]
You can use this to get their last used IP address, e.g.:
http://[community domain]/[community name]/restapi/vc/users/login/[login name]/settings/name/user.last_visit_ipaddress
This page has more details:
http://lithosphere.lithium.com/t5/support-knowledge-base/Obtaining-an-IP-address-using-REST/ta-p/92524