A simple Python program that may be used as a service for Linux and Windows to get your external (public) IP and send it to yourself. Use at your own risk as password parameter for the email account being used has to be passed in unencrypted. The following is a printout of the help.
usage: IP Locator [-h] [-u URL] [-m MAX_EMAILS] [-s SLEEP] -e EMAIL -p
PASSWORD [--subject SUBJECT] [--version]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-u URL, --url URL the URL of the site to get your external IP (default: https://myexternalip.com/raw)
Other sites that may work.
- https://www.ipchicken.com
- https://myexternalip.com/raw
-m MAX_EMAILS, --max_emails MAX_EMAILS
maximum emails; set to -1 for indefinite (default: -1)
-s SLEEP, --sleep SLEEP
seconds between checking/sending IP in email (default: 3600)
-e EMAIL, --email EMAIL
gmail email address
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
gmail email password
--subject SUBJECT email subject line modifier (default: IP Address)
--version show program's version number and exit
One-Off Coder, http://www.oneoffcoder.com
Note that only the email -e and password -p are required, and that this program has only been tested against a gmail account. A quick and dirty example of using this program is as follows (of course, substitute the email and password values with your own).
python ip.py -e alan.turing@gmail.com -p codebreaker# copy python file
sudo cp ip.py /usr/bin
sudo chmod 600 /usr/bin/ip.py
# copy service file
# make sure you modify ExecStart with the appropriate email and password
# make sure the path to python is absolute e.g. /home/super/anaconda3/bin/python
sudo cp pyip.service /lib/systemd/system
sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/pyip.service
sudo chmod 600 /lib/systemd/system/pyip.service
# to enable, start, stop, etc.. the service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pyip.service
sudo systemctl start pyip.service
sudo systemctl status pyip.service
sudo systemctl stop pyip.service
sudo systemctl restart pyip.serviceOn Windows, use the sc command.
sc create PyIP binPath="C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\python.exe C:\dev\ip.py -e alan.turing@gmail.com -p codebreaker"
sc start PyIP
sc delete PyIP- https://tecadmin.net/setup-autorun-python-script-using-systemd/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-create
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-delete
- https://datatofish.com/python-script-windows-scheduler/
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-systemctl-to-manage-systemd-services-and-units
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/814174/cannot-make-a-systemd-script-run
@misc{oneoffcoder_ip_locator_2019,
title={External IP locator using Python for Linux and Windows},
url={https://github.com/oneoffcoder/pyip},
journal={GitHub},
author={One-Off Coder},
year={2019},
month={Aug}}
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