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    Ifconfig.co – Hacker-friendly “What is my IP address”

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    224 points gurjeet | 13 comments | 30 Mar 21 08:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source | bottom
    1. raesene9 ◴[30 Mar 21 13:17 UTC] No.26634234[source]▶
    http://icanhazip.com/ is my favourite one of these services, for simplicity and also as I can always remember the URL :)
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    2. kuroguro ◴[30 Mar 21 13:28 UTC] No.26634357[source]▶
    I use https://wtfismyip.com/ for similar reasons :)
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    3. masterofmisc ◴[30 Mar 21 14:08 UTC] No.26634759[source]▶
    just went there.. Oh dear!
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    4. nubb ◴[30 Mar 21 14:25 UTC] No.26634947[source]▶
    Curl icanhazip.com has become muscle memory for me.
    5. kalleboo ◴[30 Mar 21 14:29 UTC] No.26634994[source]▶
    This one also shows both your IPv6 and your IPv4 at the same time, which none of the other ones linked in these comments seems to do
    replies(1): >>26635325 #
    6. throwaway744678 ◴[30 Mar 21 14:55 UTC] No.26635325{3}[source]▶
    Pro of icanhazip.com is that you can curl it directly, it returns your address and nothing else; you don't have to parse the result to get the value, which is a big plus when used in a script:

        curl icanhazip.com
    curl ipv4.icanhazip.com
    curl ipv6.icanhazip.com
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    7. theblazehen ◴[30 Mar 21 15:10 UTC] No.26635490{4}[source]▶
    You can curl ifconfig.co as well, uses user agent sniffing to just return the IP
    8. Izkata ◴[30 Mar 21 15:16 UTC] No.26635582{3}[source]▶
    They keep with the theme even in API requests: https://wtfismyip.com/json
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    9. kalleboo ◴[30 Mar 21 15:33 UTC] No.26635799{4}[source]▶
    Yeah there are definitely different services for different use cases!
    10. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[30 Mar 21 15:39 UTC] No.26635899{4}[source]▶
    curl wtfismyip.com/text

    curl wtfismyip.com/json

    11. anthropodie ◴[30 Mar 21 15:44 UTC] No.26635959{4}[source]▶
    The first thing I read was "yourFuckingISP":"BSNL" and I was like yup that's right. :D
    12. chrismeller ◴[30 Mar 21 15:57 UTC] No.26636180[source]▶
    There are other services he runs as well: https://major.io/icanhazip-com-faq/
    13. lytedev ◴[30 Mar 21 18:43 UTC] No.26638577{4}[source]▶
    cURL has flags for this!

            curl -4 icanhazip.com
        curl -6 icanhazip.com