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#external-ip
external-ip
is a node.js library to get your external ip from multiple services.
##Installation
npm install external-ip
##Usage
basic
'use strict';
var getIP = require('external-ip')();
getIP(function (err, ip) {
if (err) {
// every service in the list has failed
throw err;
}
console.log(ip);
});
with configuration
'use strict';
var extIP = require('external-ip');
var getIP = extIP({
replace: true,
services: ['http://ifconfig.co/x-real-ip', 'http://ifconfig.me/ip'],
timeout: 600,
getIP: 'parallel'
});
getIP(function (err, ip) {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
console.log(ip);
});
##extIP([config]) external-ip exposes a constructor function that accepts a configuration object with the following optional properties:
Array
of urls that return the ip in the document body, required if replace is set to trueBoolean
if true, replaces the internal array of services with the user defined, if false, extends it, default: false
500
'sequential'
Sends a request to the first url in the list, if that fails sends to the next and so on. 'parallel'
Sends requests to all the sites in the list, on the first valid response all the pending requests are canceled. default: 'sequential'
Returns the configured getIP function.
##getIP(callback) The callback gets 2 arguments:
##Test
Change your working directory to the project's root, npm install
to get the development dependencies and then run npm test
##Todo maybe a CLI
##Links
FAQs
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We found that external-ip demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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