ipify

Get your public IP address

Using the Ipify API or a custom Ipify instance.

Install

$ npm install ipify

Usage

const ipify = require('ipify');

(async () => {
	console.log(await ipify());
	//=> '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334'

	console.log(await ipify({useIPv6: false}));
	//=> '82.142.31.236'
})();

API

ipify(options?)

Returns a Promise<string> with an IP address.

options

Type: object

useIPv6

Type: boolean
Default: true

Use the IPv6 API endpoint. The IPv6 endpoint will return an IPv6 address if available, IPv4 address otherwise.

Setting the endpoint option will override this.

endpoint

Type: string
Default: 'https://api6.ipify.org'

Custom API endpoint.

FAQ

How is this different from public-ip?

This package only targets the Ipify service, while public-ip targets multiple services, is faster, and more resilient. Unless you run your own Ipify instance, you probably want public-ip instead.

Related

• ipify-cli - CLI for this module
• internal-ip - Get your internal IPv4 or IPv6 address