Hi,
I am using an api and need to pass it the devices public ip address.
Does anyone know how to do this?
I have seen some examples using luasocket but unfortunately they only seem to cover the local ip address eg 192.168.0.101 that is connected to the router via wifi etc.
I found this code somewhere on this forum a long time ago. Not even sure it works to be honest but I recall testing it and it seemed to.
[lua]
require(“socket”)
local someRandomIP = “192.168.1.122” --This address you make up
local someRandomPort = “3102” --This port you make up
local mySocket = socket.udp() --Create a UDP socket like normal
--This is the weird part, we need to set the peer for some reason
mySocket:setpeername(someRandomIP,someRandomPort)
--I believe this binds the socket
--Then we can obtain the correct ip address and port
local myDevicesIpAddress, somePortChosenByTheOS = mySocket:getsockname()-- returns IP and Port
[/lua]
Thanks for that, though I just tested it and it returns my private router IP address ie 192.168.0.103 via wifi rather than my public IP address.
One option is to put a simple php script on a web server that echo’s back the IP address of any request that pings it. You could then do a network.request() to that script, and the response will have the IP address.
Right, aukStudios jogged my memory. Here’s what ended up working for me. Lua code to network.request the ip:
[lua]
function findClientIPAddress()
local getipScriptURL = “http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/getip.php” --php script on my server
local DeviceIP
function ipListener(event)
if not event.isError and event.response ~= “” then
DeviceIP = event.response
print(“DeviceIP:”…DeviceIP)
end
end
network.request(getipScriptURL,“GET”,ipListener)
end
findClientIPAddress()
[/lua]
And here is the entirety of the php script on my server:
<?php
echo $_SERVER[“REMOTE_ADDR”];
?>
Thank you very much. Worked Perfect!!!
Though I didn’t need to add my own remote server php I just called:
local getipScriptURL = "http://myip.dnsomatic.com/"
as they do exactly what you mentioned by echoing the IP address back.
Thank you very much for the solution!
I found this code somewhere on this forum a long time ago. Not even sure it works to be honest but I recall testing it and it seemed to.
[lua]
require(“socket”)
local someRandomIP = “192.168.1.122” --This address you make up
local someRandomPort = “3102” --This port you make up
local mySocket = socket.udp() --Create a UDP socket like normal
--This is the weird part, we need to set the peer for some reason
mySocket:setpeername(someRandomIP,someRandomPort)
--I believe this binds the socket
--Then we can obtain the correct ip address and port
local myDevicesIpAddress, somePortChosenByTheOS = mySocket:getsockname()-- returns IP and Port
[/lua]
Thanks for that, though I just tested it and it returns my private router IP address ie 192.168.0.103 via wifi rather than my public IP address.
One option is to put a simple php script on a web server that echo’s back the IP address of any request that pings it. You could then do a network.request() to that script, and the response will have the IP address.
Right, aukStudios jogged my memory. Here’s what ended up working for me. Lua code to network.request the ip:
[lua]
function findClientIPAddress()
local getipScriptURL = “http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/getip.php” --php script on my server
local DeviceIP
function ipListener(event)
if not event.isError and event.response ~= “” then
DeviceIP = event.response
print(“DeviceIP:”…DeviceIP)
end
end
network.request(getipScriptURL,“GET”,ipListener)
end
findClientIPAddress()
[/lua]
And here is the entirety of the php script on my server:
<?php
echo $_SERVER[“REMOTE_ADDR”];
?>
Thank you very much. Worked Perfect!!!
Though I didn’t need to add my own remote server php I just called:
local getipScriptURL = "http://myip.dnsomatic.com/"
as they do exactly what you mentioned by echoing the IP address back.
Thank you very much for the solution!