web service for getting current IP address

[edmccann]

Hello,

Does anyone know if there's a free webservice (SOAP, XML-RPC, etc) that
will return the client's current IP address? I'm building a Google
Maps mashup and hosting it at a dynamic IP address, so I want to be
able to update the license key automatically.

I found a service called IP2Location.com, but it only allows 200 trial
requests. I don't need a location for an IP, I need MY current IP when
I send a request.

Thanks,
Ed

 

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, (e-mail address removed) said:

Does anyone know if there's a free webservice (SOAP, XML-RPC, etc) that
will return the client's current IP address? I'm building a Google
Maps mashup and hosting it at a dynamic IP address, so I want to be
able to update the license key automatically.

I wrote a very short CGI that does that. It's at
http://xcski.net/cgi-bin/you_are.cgi
Please don't slam the hell out of it or I'll have to move it. If you have
a host somewhere where you can put a CGI, the source code looks like:
#!/bin/sh

echo "Content-Type: text/plain"
echo
echo $REMOTE_ADDR
exit 0

 

[Roedy Green]

dozens of them. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ip.html