Determine ip address

[Andy Jeffries]

codecraig wrote:
> hi,
>    how can i use python to figure the ip address of the machine which
> the python script is running on?  I dont mean like 127.0.0.1....but i
> want the external IP address (such as ipconfig on windows displays).

I use the following (all on one line):

external_ip = os.popen("/sbin/ifconfig eth0|/bin/grep inet|/bin/awk
'{print $2}' | sed -e s/.*://", "r").read().strip()

Cheers,


Andy