Finding local IP addresses using Python's stdlib

Question

How can I find local IP addresses (i.e. 192.168.x.x or 10.0.x.x) in Python platform independently and using only the standard library?

Answer 1

I'm afraid there aren't any good platform independent ways to do this other than connecting to another computer and having it send you your IP address. For example: findmyipaddress. Note that this won't work if you need an IP address that's behind NAT unless the computer you're connecting to is behind NAT as well.

Here's one solution that works in Linux: get the IP address associated with a network interface.