/ifconfig

IP address lookup service written in Go

Primary LanguageGoBSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

ifconfig.co: Simple IP address lookup service

A simple service for looking up your IP address. This is the code that powers http://ifconfig.co

Basic usage

The usual suspects

$ curl ifconfig.co
127.0.0.1
$ wget -q -O - ifconfig.co
127.0.0.1

BSD fetch

$ fetch -q -o - ifconfig.co
127.0.0.1

Pass the appropriate flag (usually -4 and -6) to your tool to switch between IPv4 and IPv6 lookup.

Features

  • Easy to remember domain name
  • Supports IPv4 and IPv6
  • Open source
  • Fast
  • Supports typical CLI tools (curl, wget and fetch)
  • JSON output (optional)

Why?

  • To scratch an itch
  • An excuse to use Go for something
  • Faster than ifconfig.me and has IPv6 support