Get the MAC address of the current machine you are on.
Get the MAC address of the current machine you are on.
This library will not run in web browsers / on the client-side / in webpack / in browserify / in angular / in react / in jQuery / in HTML. It will only run on Node.js environments, which the web browser is not.
Install globally npm install -g getmac, then run with getmac-node
Install locally npm install --save getmac, then use like so:
import getMAC, { isMAC } from 'getmac'
// Fetch the computer's MAC address
console.log(getMAC())
// Fetch the computer's MAC address for a specific interface
console.log(getMAC('eth0'))
// Validate that an address is a MAC address
if (isMAC('e4:ce:8f:5b:a7:fc')) {
console.log('valid MAC')
} else {
console.log('invalid MAC')
}
If you want to do advanced filtering, use os.networkInterfaces() instead.
npm install --save getmacimport pkg from ('getmac')const pkg = require('getmac').defaultimport pkg from 'https://unpkg.com/getmac@^6.5.0/edition-deno/index.ts'
This package is published with the following editions:
getmac/source/index.ts is TypeScript source code with Import for modulesgetmac aliases getmac/edition-es2022/index.jsgetmac/edition-es2022/index.js is TypeScript compiled against ES2022 for Node.js 8 || 10 || 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Require for modulesgetmac/edition-es2022-esm/index.js is TypeScript compiled against ES2022 for Node.js 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Import for modulesgetmac/edition-types/index.d.ts is TypeScript compiled Types with Import for modulesgetmac/edition-deno/index.ts is TypeScript source code made to be compatible with DenoDiscover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.
Discover how to contribute via the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
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