use ip endpoint to fetch from non-https endpoint

src/middleware.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export default authMiddleware({
     '/api/files/upload',
     '/api/msg/new',
     'api/msg/destroy',
-    '/api/msg/message-viewed'
+    '/api/msg/message-viewed',
+    'api/ip'
   ]
 })
 

src/pages/api/ip.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
+import { IpAddressInfo } from "../../shared/types";
+
+export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  if (req.method !== 'GET') {
+    res.setHeader('Allow', ['GET'])
+    res.status(405).json({
+      error: { message: `Method ${req.method} Not Allowed` }
+    })
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch('http://ip-api.com/json/')
+  const data = await response.json()
+  const { status, query, ...rest } = data
+
+  if (status !== 'success') {
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to get IP address info' })
+  }
+  const ipInfo = { ...rest, ipAddress: query } as IpAddressInfo
+
+  res.status(200).json({ ...ipInfo })
+}

src/pages/messages/[publicId].tsx

@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async ({ params, req }) =>
     }
   })
 
-  const ipAddressInfo = await getIpAddressInfo()
-  console.log(ipAddressInfo)
-
   // log message_viewed
   const session = getAuth(req)
   const messageViewedEvent = {

src/shared/utils.ts

@@ -176,12 +176,11 @@ export function getLiveKitURL(region?: string | string[]): string {
 // add return type
 
 export async function getIpAddressInfo(): Promise<IpAddressInfo> {
-  const response = await fetch('http://ip-api.com/json/')
-  const data = await response.json()
-  const { status, query, ...rest } = data
-
-  if (status !== 'success') {
-    throw new Error('Failed to get IP address info')
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch('/api/ip')
+    return await response.json() as IpAddressInfo    
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error)
+    throw new Error('Failed to get IP address info') 
   }
-  return { ...rest, ipAddress: query } as IpAddressInfo
 }