Getting external IP address

[Cousin Stanley]

> I have a PC behind a firewall, and I'm trying to programmatically
> determine the IP address visible from outside the firewall.
> ....

Steven .... 

  Following is another alternative that might at least
  be worth consideration ....

  I use the  lynx  command shown as a command-line alias
  under Debian linux ....
 
>>>
>>> import os
>>>
>>> pipe_in = os.popen( 'lynx --dump http://checkip.dyndns.org' )
>>>
>>> ip_addr = pipe_in.readlines()
>>>
>>> for this in ip_addr :
...     print this
...


   Current IP Address: 65.39.92.38


-- 
Stanley C. Kitching
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona


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