alt Hacker News x_forwarded_for = headers.get("X-Forwarded-For")
if x_forwarded_for is None:
x_forwarded_for = ipaddress.IPv4Address._string_from_ip_int(
randint(0, MAX_IPV4)
)
x_forwarded_for = headers.get("X-Forwarded-For")
if x_forwarded_for is None:
x_forwarded_for = ipaddress.IPv4Address._string_from_ip_int(
randint(0, MAX_IPV4)
)
The original author claims this is to prevent API gateway from leaking the true client IP.