getmac

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.

Usage

Complete API Documentation.

CLI

Install globally npm install -g getmac, then run with getmac-node

API

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')
}

Advanced

If you want to do advanced filtering, use os.networkInterfaces() instead.

Install

npm

Install: npm install --save getmac
Import: import pkg from ('getmac')
Require: const pkg = require('getmac').default

Deno

import pkg from 'https://unpkg.com/getmac@^6.6.0/edition-deno/index.ts'

Editions

This package is published with the following editions:

getmac/source/index.ts is TypeScript source code with Import for modules
getmac aliases getmac/edition-es2022/index.js
getmac/edition-es2022/index.js is TypeScript compiled against ES2022 for Node.js 8 || 10 || 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Require for modules
getmac/edition-es2022-esm/index.js is TypeScript compiled against ES2022 for Node.js 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Import for modules
getmac/edition-types/index.d.ts is TypeScript compiled Types with Import for modules
getmac/edition-deno/index.ts is TypeScript source code made to be compatible with Deno

History

Discover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.

Backers

Code

Discover how to contribute via the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Authors

Benjamin Lupton — Accelerating collaborative wisdom.

Maintainers

Benjamin Lupton — Accelerating collaborative wisdom.

Contributors

Benjamin Lupton — view contributions
Benoit Sepe — view contributions
Gustavo Costa Neves — view contributions
Isaac Huang — view contributions
Jan Pilzer — view contributions
Stephen Brown II — view contributions
ted shroyer — view contributions
zboszor — view contributions

Finances

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