getmyip46 24.12.28

getmyip46 - Get My External IP Address

Retrieve the external ipv4 and/or ipv6 IP address

getmyip Command Usage and Options

Install with pip:

% pip install gitmyip46

% getmyip -h

usage: app.py [-h] [-v] [-4] [-6]

Report external IP address

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --version  show program's version number and exit
  -4, --ipv4     Find public IPv4 address (default)
  -6, --ipv6     Find public IPv6 address

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Method of IP address detection:

By default getmyip automatically detects the public IP address by sending an HTTP request to ipv4.icanhazip.com for IPv4. and ipv4.icanhazip.com for IPv6.

You can optionally use a different site to autodetect the public ip by setting the environment variable IPAPIURL to that URL:

% IPAPIURL='http://api.ipify.org'
% getmyip

You can do the same for IPv6 using the IPV6APIURL environment variable.