Get Local IP-Address using Boost.Asio

Question

I\'m currently searching for a portable way of getting the local IP-addresses. Because I\'m using Boost anyway I thought it would be a good idea to use Boost.Asio for this t

Answer 1

Assuming you have one network card / one local ip address:

#include 
namespace ip = boost::asio::ip;

std::string getAddress()
{
    boost::asio::io_service ioService;
    ip::tcp::resolver resolver(ioService);

    return resolver.resolve(ip::host_name(), "")->endpoint().address().to_string();
}