Collect IP address?

Question

Is it possible to collect the participant's IP address in order to help identify members of the public who submit data?  If not IP address, is there any other information (device type, operating system, etc.) that might be useful in determining if participants are trying to falsify data?

Thanks,

Allen Risley

GIS Specialist

California State University San Marcos

RichfieldMN · Answer

Any updates on collecting IP address now? Thank you!

TMaddio · Answer

Has there been any change to this topic.  Is there now a way to collect the IP address of a survey submitter?

JamesTedrick · Answer

Hi Allen,

It looks like the documentation on this is lacking - this partly due to the property() function being deprecated from the XLSForm standard (the web app, for example, does not support it).  You can use a question with the type 'deviceid' (requiring override of Survey123 XLS file validation).