Sock Snippet to return Public IP - mIRC Discussion Forums

Hi there,
being absolutely green with socket stuff I need your help:
I'm looking for an socket snippet (or the like) to return ones current public IP address (I guess a page like www.ipaddressworld.com can return that information; maybe you have a smarter idea... com would be welcome, too...

)

Thx in advance!

why not return $ip?

if you must insist on getting an IP via sock then...

Code:

alias pip { sockopen pip whatismyipaddress.com 80 }

on 1:sockopen:pip:{
  .sockwrite -n pip GET / HTTP/1.1
  .sockwrite -n pip HOST: whatismyipaddress.com
  .sockwrite -n pip $crlf
}

on 1:sockread:pip:{
  if ($sockerr > 0) return 
  var %x | sockread -fn %x
  if (LOOKUPADDRESS isin %x) { %F = Current Public $+(IP:,[,$gettok($regsubex(%x,/([aA-zZ]|["<>=])/g,),1,32),]) }
  if (IP ADDRESS LOCATION isin %x) { echo -a %F $remove(%x,<TR><TD,colspan=3>,</td>,$chr(9)) }
}

Is sufficient. I added IP ADDRESS Location for you can remove the simply if statement if not needed.

This is probably a better site to use.

Code:

alias myip { sockopen myip www.whatismyip.com 80 }

on *:sockopen:myip:{
  if $sockerr { echo -a * Sockerr (myip): $sock(myip).wsmsg | return }
  sockwrite myip GET $+(/automation/n09230945.asp HTTP/1.0,$lf,HOST: whatismyip.com,$str($lf,2))
}
on *:sockread:myip:{
  sockread -f &a
  echo -a * My IP: $gettok($bvar(&a,1-).text,-1,10)
}

Does Bvar ignore html tags all togheter?

The recieved data from that page is not html, just the headers and the IP.

After you've done a /localinfo -u, $ip should be your public IP address.

Very true, however OP asked for "an socket snippet (or the like) to return ones current public IP address"

It may be that its for use when not connected to a server

Thx to all of you!

Friends of mine had problems while using some bouncer: /localinfo -u resolved the bnc's IP... Due to your help, the /localinfo can now be set on connect to their "true" external IP.

Regards