feat: only whitelisted ips can access to register api.

neurons/register_api.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # Import FastAPI Libraries
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import (
-    FastAPI,
+    FastAPI, HTTPException,
     status,
     Request,
     WebSocket,
@@ -67,10 +67,17 @@
 from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
 from fastapi.concurrency import run_in_threadpool
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+from starlette.status import HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from typing import Optional, Union, List
 from compute import (TRUSTED_VALIDATORS_HOTKEYS)
 
+# Loads the .env file
+load_dotenv()
+
 # Constants
+ENABLE_WHITELIST_IPS = False # False for disabling, True for enabling
 DEFAULT_SSL_MODE = 2         # 1 for client CERT optional, 2 for client CERT_REQUIRED
 DEFAULT_API_PORT = 8903      # default port for the API
 DATA_SYNC_PERIOD = 600       # metagraph resync time
@@ -82,6 +89,22 @@
 PUBLIC_WANDB_NAME = "opencompute"
 PUBLIC_WANDB_ENTITY = "neuralinternet"
 
+# IP Whitelist middleware
+class IPWhitelistMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    def __init__(self, app: FastAPI):
+        super().__init__(app)
+        self.whitelisted_ips = set(os.getenv("WHITELISTED_IPS", "").split(","))
+
+    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
+        # Extracts the client's IP address
+        client_ip = request.client.host
+        if client_ip not in self.whitelisted_ips:
+            bt.logging.info(f"Access attempt from IP: {client_ip}")
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail="Access forbidden: IP not whitelisted")
+
+        # Process the request and get the response
+        response = await call_next(request)
+        return response
 
 class UserConfig(BaseModel):
     netuid: str = Field(default="15")
@@ -266,6 +289,8 @@ def __init__(
 
         load_dotenv()
         self._setup_routes()
+        if ENABLE_WHITELIST_IPS:
+            self.app.add_middleware(IPWhitelistMiddleware)
         self.process = None
         self.websocket_connection = None
         self.allocation_table = []