README.md

@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Every route answers `HEAD` as it answers `GET`, without the body.
 ### Web Interface
 
 - `GET /` - Home page (HTML): headline figures, lookups by AS number and by IP
-  address, and a search of AS names
+  address, and a search of AS names. A card shows the `curl` command that looks
+  up the visitor's own address at `/ip/{addr}`, and that command's live answer.
 - `GET /status` - HTML status dashboard, which reads `/api/v1/stats`
 - `GET /status.json` - JSON statistics: feed, memory, database and route figures
 - `GET /.well-known/healthcheck.json` - Health check (JSON): 200 when the

TODO.md

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ tested.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-27: the home page has an IP information API card. It shows the `curl`
+  command that looks up the visitor's own address at `/ip/{addr}`, and that
+  command's live answer (closes #156)
 - 2026-10-27: on the AS page, a click on the heading of the IPv4 or the IPv6
   prefix list folds or unfolds the list. Both lists start open (closes #155)
 - 2026-10-27: the AS page lists its IPv4 and its IPv6 prefixes by mask length,

internal/server/handlers.go

@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ func (s *Server) handleIndex() http.HandlerFunc {
 
 		tmpl := templates.IndexTemplate()
 
-		err := tmpl.Execute(w, pageData{CSPNonce: cspNonce(r.Context())})
+		err := tmpl.Execute(w, indexPageData{
+			CSPNonce: cspNonce(r.Context()),
+			ClientIP: extractClientIP(r),
+		})
 		if err != nil {
 			s.logger.Error("Failed to render index template", "error", err)
 			http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -160,6 +163,15 @@ type pageData struct {
 	CSPNonce string
 }
 
+// indexPageData is what the home page is rendered with.
+type indexPageData struct {
+	// CSPNonce is the nonce the page's script and style blocks carry.
+	CSPNonce string
+	// ClientIP is the visitor's address, which the IP information API card
+	// looks up: the address /ip/ would look up for the same request.
+	ClientIP string
+}
+
 // writeJSONError writes a standardized JSON error response with the given
 // status code and error message.
 func (s *Server) writeJSONError(w http.ResponseWriter, statusCode int, message string) {

internal/server/handlers_internal_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"html"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/netip"
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
@@ -503,6 +504,64 @@ func TestPagesSayOriginZeroIsNoKnownOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestIndexShowsTheClientAddress requests the home page and checks that it has
+// the IP information API card, holding the address /ip/ would look up for the
+// same request: the TCP peer, or, when the peer is a trusted proxy, the client
+// the proxy names in X-Forwarded-For
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/156).
+func TestIndexShowsTheClientAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const cardHeading = "<h2>IP Information API</h2>"
+
+	// Both requests carry an X-Forwarded-For naming forwardedClient; only a
+	// trusted proxy's is believed.
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		trustedProxies []netip.Prefix
+		peer           string
+		want           string
+	}{
+		{"direct request", nil, untrustedPeer, untrustedPeerAddr},
+		{
+			"request through a trusted proxy",
+			[]netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix(trustedProxyRange)},
+			trustedPeer, forwardedClient,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		// The home page reads nothing from the database, so the server has none.
+		s := New(nil, streamer.New(logger.New(), metrics.New()), logger.New(),
+			&config.Config{TrustedProxies: tt.trustedProxies})
+
+		req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+		req.RemoteAddr = tt.peer
+		req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", forwardedClient)
+
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				tt.name, rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		page := rec.Body.String()
+
+		if !strings.Contains(page, cardHeading) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: the page has no IP information API card", tt.name)
+		}
+
+		want := `data-client-ip="` + tt.want + `"`
+		if !strings.Contains(page, want) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: the card does not hold %s", tt.name, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestPagesShowAgesInWords stores routes last updated about 5 minutes, 3 hours
 // and 15 days ago, and checks that the AS page and the prefix pages show each
 // age in words. Before the fix the ages read "5m0s ago", "3h0m0s ago" and

internal/server/middleware_internal_test.go

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 // The addresses the forwarding tests use: the client a proxy names in
-// X-Forwarded-For, a peer inside the trusted range of
+// X-Forwarded-For, the range of trusted proxies, a peer inside it, and a peer
-// TestRealIPMiddlewareTrustsOnlyConfiguredProxies, and a peer outside it,
+// outside it, which lies in testPrefixV4 so that an IP lookup of it finds a
-// which lies in testPrefixV4 so that an IP lookup of it finds a route.
+// route.
 const (
 	forwardedClient   = "203.0.113.9"
+	trustedProxyRange = "10.0.0.0/8"
 	trustedPeer       = "10.0.0.2:1234"
 	untrustedPeerAddr = "192.0.2.1"
 	untrustedPeer     = untrustedPeerAddr + ":1234"
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ func TestForwardedForFromUntrustedPeerIsIgnored(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRealIPMiddlewareTrustsOnlyConfiguredProxies(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	trusted := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")}
+	trusted := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix(trustedProxyRange)}
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name         string

internal/templates/index.html

@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@
             cursor: pointer;
             font-size: 12px;
         }
-        .ip-result pre {
+        .ip-result pre,
+        #ip-api pre {
             background: #2c3e50;
             color: #ecf0f1;
             padding: 16px;
@@ -251,18 +252,30 @@
             max-height: 400px;
             overflow-y: auto;
         }
-        .ip-result .error {
+        .ip-result .error,
+        #ip-api .error {
             background: #fee;
             color: #c00;
             padding: 12px;
             border-radius: 6px;
             font-size: 14px;
         }
-        .ip-result .loading {
+        .ip-result .loading,
+        #ip-api .loading {
             color: #7f8c8d;
             font-style: italic;
         }
 
+        /* IP information API card: the command, then its answer */
+        #ip-api p {
+            margin: 0;
+            color: #7f8c8d;
+            font-size: 14px;
+        }
+        #ip-api pre {
+            margin-top: 12px;
+        }
+
         /* Footer */
         .footer {
             margin-top: 40px;
@@ -367,6 +380,13 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
+
+        <div class="search-card" id="ip-api">
+            <h2>IP Information API</h2>
+            <p>The API answers what RouteWatch knows about an IP address, such as its AS number and country. <code>/ip/</code> with no address answers for the caller's own address.</p>
+            <pre id="ip-api-command" data-client-ip="{{.ClientIP}}"></pre>
+            <pre id="ip-api-answer" class="loading">Loading...</pre>
+        </div>
     </main>
 
     <footer class="footer">
@@ -584,6 +604,27 @@
             document.getElementById('ip-input').value = '';
         });
 
+        // IP information API card: show the curl command that asks /ip/ about
+        // the visitor's own address, then make that same request and show the
+        // JSON it answers, an error answer such as a 404 included. The answer
+        // holds outside data, so it is set with textContent, never innerHTML.
+        const ipAPICommand = document.getElementById('ip-api-command');
+        const ipAPIAnswer = document.getElementById('ip-api-answer');
+        const ipAPIURL = window.location.origin + '/ip/' + ipAPICommand.dataset.clientIp;
+
+        ipAPICommand.textContent = 'curl ' + ipAPIURL;
+
+        fetch(ipAPIURL)
+            .then(response => response.json())
+            .then(answer => {
+                ipAPIAnswer.className = '';
+                ipAPIAnswer.textContent = JSON.stringify(answer, null, 2);
+            })
+            .catch(error => {
+                ipAPIAnswer.className = 'error';
+                ipAPIAnswer.textContent = 'Error: ' + error.message;
+            });
+
         // Initial load and refresh stats every REFRESH_PERIOD_MS. The freshness
         // check runs every second on its own, so a request that never returns
         // still turns the spinner into "stale".

internal/templates/templates_test.go

@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ import (
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/templates"
 )
 
-// renderPage renders a page with the data every page needs.
+// renderPage renders a page with the data every page needs, and the visitor's
+// address, which the home page also needs.
 func renderPage(t *testing.T, tmpl *template.Template) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	var page bytes.Buffer
 
-	err := tmpl.Execute(&page, struct{ CSPNonce string }{})
+	err := tmpl.Execute(&page, struct{ CSPNonce, ClientIP string }{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("rendering the page: %v", err)
 	}