public-ip

Get your public IP address - very fast!

In Node.js, it queries the DNS records of OpenDNS which has an entry with your IP address.

In browsers, it uses the excellent icanhaz service through HTTPS.

Install

$ npm install --save public-ip

Usage

const publicIp = require('public-ip');

publicIp.v4().then(ip => {
	console.log(ip);
	//=> '46.5.21.123'
});

publicIp.v6().then(ip => {
	console.log(ip);
	//=> 'fe80::200:f8ff:fe21:67cf'
});

API

publicIp.v4([options])

publicIp.v6([options])

Returns a Promise which resolves to your public IPv4 or IPv6 address. Will reject on error or timeout. A .cancel() method is available on the promise, which can be used to cancel the request.

options

Type: Object

https

Type: boolean Default: false

Use a HTTPS check using the icanhazip.com service instead of the DNS query. This check is much more secure and tamper-proof, but also a lot slower. This option is only available in the Node.js version.

timeout

Type: number Default: 5000

The time in milliseconds until a request is considered timed out.

Maintainers

• silverwind

Related

• public-ip-cli - CLI for this module
• internal-ip - Get your internal IP address

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus