finding IP address of computer

[Chris]

How do I find and print to screen the IP address of the computer my
python program is working on?

 

[Gregor Horvath]

How do I find and print to screen the IP address of the computer my
python program is working on?

IP adresses are bound to network interfaces not to computers.
One Computer can have multiple network interfaces.

 

[BartlebyScrivener]

One way:

import socket
socket.getaddrinfo(socket.gethostname(), None)[0][4][0]

It was the first google hit

 

[Chris]

hehe, works a charm, cheers mate.

 

[Jorge Godoy]

hehe, works a charm, cheers mate.

Beware that if you have a different entry in your hosts file you can match a
different name.

Test it:

- add "127.0.0.2 yourhost.yourdomain yourhost" to /etc/hosts
- rerun the code.

You'll see "127.0.0.2" as the result. So take that into account.

--
Jorge Godoy <[email protected]>

"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
- Qualquer coisa dita em latim soa profundo.
- Anything said in Latin sounds smart.

 

[sturlamolden]

print '127.0.0.1'

 

[Grant Edwards]

IP adresses are bound to network interfaces not to computers.
One Computer can have multiple network interfaces.

And each interface can have any number if IP addresses
(including none).

 

[Terry Reedy]

And each interface can have any number if IP addresses
(including none).

To answer the OP for typical situations: if you are accessing the internet
via a local network, the network administrator should be able to tell you.
In fact, for some networks, the IP address is part of the interface setup.
If the network is run by a router, it should be able to tell you. If you
are sitting behind a NAT (network address translation) router and you want
to know the external address, there are web pages that echo your externally
visible address back to you.

Terry Jan Reedy

 

[DarkBlue]

How do I find and print to screen the IP address of the computer my
python program is working on?

def readip():
import re, urllib
f = urllib.urlopen('http://checkip.dyndns.org')
s = f.read()
m = re.search('([\d]*\.[\d]*\.[\d]*\.[\d]*)', s)
return m.group(0)

myip = readip()

 

[Paul Watson]

Chris wrote:

How do I find and print to screen the IP address of the computer my
python program is working on?

def readip():
import re, urllib
f = urllib.urlopen('http://checkip.dyndns.org')
s = f.read()
m = re.search('([\d]*\.[\d]*\.[\d]*\.[\d]*)', s)
return m.group(0)

myip = readip()

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