ipify

Get your public IP address

Using the Ipify API or a custom Ipify instance.

Install

npm install ipify

Usage

import ipify from 'ipify';

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

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.

import ipify from 'ipify';

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

endpoint

Type: string | string[]
Default: 'https://api6.ipify.org'

Custom API endpoint.

Can be a single endpoint or an array of endpoints. When multiple endpoints are provided, they will be tried concurrently and the first successful response will be returned.

import ipify from 'ipify';

// Single endpoint
console.log(await ipify({endpoint: 'https://api.ipify.org'}));
//=> '82.142.31.236'

// Multiple endpoints for resilience
console.log(await ipify({
	endpoint: [
		'https://api.ipify.org',
		'https://ipify.example.org'
	]
}));
//=> '82.142.31.236'

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 package
• internal-ip - Get your internal IPv4 or IPv6 address