[Tutor] IP Address

[Danny Yoo]

On Wed, 22 May 2002, Chad Crabtree wrote:

> I would like to make a script that Would FTP Post my home computer's IP
> address to my homepage.  However I just cannot figure out how to get the
> IP i've looked over the Module reference.  I am just not seeing it.

Hi Chad,

Hmmm... I couldn't find it in the library reference either.  However,
if you're running on a Unix system, you can use the 'ifconfig' file to
read your ip address.  For example:


###
dyoo@hkn:~$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:CC:65:1E:95
          inet addr:128.32.138.82  Bcast:128.32.138.255
          Mask:255.255.255.0
[extra stuff omitted]
###

So it's possible to use Python to run an outside program like ifconfig,
and read off the IP address from the program's output.  The 'os.popen()'
command might be useful for this.


I did a quick search, and found the following script:


IP Address Change Detection Script:

    http://opag.ca/resources/code/dhcpSMS.py



There was some discussion on writing a Python module that didn't depend on
running 'ifconfig' externally on the main Python list a while back:

   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-August/008794.html

I'm not quite sure on the status of the module; you might want to ask on
comp.lang.python to see if someone had the time to write it.


Good luck to you!