Java IP Address Get getExternalIp()

Description

Fetches the external ip through amazonaw's utility.

License

Open Source License

Return

Your external ip

Declaration

public static String getExternalIp() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**//  w  w  w.j a  va 2s .co m
     * Fetches the external ip through amazonaw's utility. Note that this method may break at any given point, do not use
     * for essential functionality
     * @return Your external ip
     */
    public static String getExternalIp() {
        try {
            URL url = new URL("http://checkip.amazonaws.com/");
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
            return in.readLine();
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // This will deterministically never happen
            return null;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getAllMyHostIPV4Adresses()
2. getAllUsableIPAddresses()
3. getExternalIP()
4. getExternalIp()
5. getExternalIp()
6. getExternalIP(String host, String regexPattern)
7. getExternalIPAddress()
8. getExternalIPAddress()
9. getExternalIPAddress()