Get Public IP Address for node.js application

Question

Is there any node.js module that can be used to get the public IP address of the client\'s computer making a request? I don\'t mean IPv4 or IPv6, I need the public IP like y

Answer 1

Here's a packaged called external-ip that can do that for you va npm install external-ip:

var externalip = require('external-ip');
externalip(function (err, ip) {
   console.log(ip); // => 8.8.8.8
});

(sources: https://www.npmjs.org/package/external-ip, https://stackoverflow.com/a/24608249/823548)