Find IP address on all network interfaces from Python

Asked Mar 22 '16 at 05:11

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I would like to find all possible addresses that might identify my computer on all of its network interfaces. I would like to do this within Python.

For example if I run ifconfig on linux I get the following:

$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 
          inet addr:172.25.24.6  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.0.0
          inet6 addr: ... Scope:Link

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: ... Scope:Link

I see that my machine identifies as 172.25.24.6, 127.0.0.1, and 192.168.1.1. How can I get this information in a cross platform way from within Python?

asked Mar 22 '16 at 05:11

MRocklin

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Seems to answer your question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6250688/5088142 – Yaron Mar 22 '16 at 06:54
If possible I'd like to avoid a C dependency. Is there a way to do this from standard Python? – MRocklin Mar 22 '16 at 15:06

Find IP address on all network interfaces from Python

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