Disable logging remote IP address

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## 3.0.0-beta.4 (2024-01-02)
 
 #### Improvements
+- feat: Excluding ip address when AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR is set to True ([#620](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/620))
 - feat: If any receiver returns False, no logging will be made. This can be useful if logging should be conditionally enabled / disabled ([#590](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/590))
 - Django: Confirm Django 5.0 support ([#598](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/598))
 - Django: Drop Django 4.1 support ([#598](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/598))

auditlog/conf.py

@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@
 settings.AUDITLOG_USE_TEXT_CHANGES_IF_JSON_IS_NOT_PRESENT = getattr(
     settings, "AUDITLOG_USE_TEXT_CHANGES_IF_JSON_IS_NOT_PRESENT", False
 )
+
+# Disable remote_addr field in database
+settings.AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR = getattr(
+    settings, "AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR", False
+)

auditlog/middleware.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from auditlog.cid import set_cid
@@ -12,6 +13,11 @@ class AuditlogMiddleware:
 
     def __init__(self, get_response=None):
         self.get_response = get_response
+        self.disable_remote_addr = getattr(
+            settings, "AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR", False
+        )
+        if not isinstance(self.disable_remote_addr, bool):
+            raise ValueError("Setting 'AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR' must be a boolean")
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_remote_addr(request):
@@ -38,7 +44,10 @@ def _get_actor(request):
         return None
 
     def __call__(self, request):
-        remote_addr = self._get_remote_addr(request)
+        if self.disable_remote_addr:
+            remote_addr = None
+        else:
+            remote_addr = self._get_remote_addr(request)
         user = self._get_actor(request)
 
         set_cid(request)

auditlog_tests/tests.py

@@ -1273,6 +1273,12 @@ def test_register_from_settings_invalid_settings(self):
             ):
                 self.test_auditlog.register_from_settings()
 
+        with override_settings(AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR="str"):
+            with self.assertRaisesMessage(
+                TypeError, "Setting 'AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR' must be a boolean"
+            ):
+                self.test_auditlog.register_from_settings()
+
     @override_settings(
         AUDITLOG_INCLUDE_ALL_MODELS=True,
         AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_MODELS=("auditlog_tests.SimpleExcludeModel",),

docs/source/usage.rst

@@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ It will be considered when ``AUDITLOG_INCLUDE_ALL_MODELS`` is `True`.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.0.0
 
+**AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_FIELDS**
+
+When using "AuditlogMiddleware",
+the IP address is logged by default, you can use this setting
+to exclude the IP address from logging.
+It will be considered when ``AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR`` is `True`.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    AUDITLOG_DISABLE_REMOTE_ADDR = True
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+
 **AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_MODELS**
 
 You can use this setting to exclude models in registration process.