How to get router assigned IP address in python?

Question

I get a 127.0.1.1 address when I use the socket library.

I'd like to get my router assigned IP address which is 192.168.0.10. I can find this IP running ifconfig on my wifi adapter which is inconsistently named between my PC and my laptop so using subprocess is not the most efficient way to do this.

the second answer (not accepted) there works very fine https://stackoverflow.com/questions/166506/finding-local-ip-addresses-using-pythons-stdlib — Pixou, Jul 09 '18 at 16:14
That worked! It returned a `192` address as intended. Thank you — SomeGuyOnAComputer, Jul 09 '18 at 21:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '19 at 21:57

import netifaces
def find_gateway():
      Interfaces= netifaces.interfaces()
      for inter in Interfaces:
           if inter == "wlan0":
                temp_list = []
                Addresses = netifaces.ifaddresses(inter)
                gws = netifaces.gateways()
                temp_list = list (gws['default'][netifaces.AF_INET])
                count =0 
                for item in temp_list:
                      count +=1
                      if count ==1:
                           print (item)
                      else:
                           pass
find_gateway()

I hope this gives you what you want modules used netifaces (pip install netifaces)

How to get router assigned IP address in python?

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