see if you have a non private (i.e. public ip address)
npm install non-private-ipPicks the first reasonable looking IP address from network interfaces.
This should _just work_ when running on a VPS, but also provides private APIs
so that when running in LAN you get the first reasonable looking LAN IP address.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network
Your laptop probably does not have a non-local IP address, but your VPS server
probably does. This just returns the first address, which will probably be IPv4.
This module is based on the "ip" module.
The main export is a function nonPrivateIP(interfaces, filter, details) where:
- interfaces is either null or a mock of os.networkInterfaces(), typically
this should be null
- filter is a function of the shape (address, details) => boolean where
address is the IP address as a string, and details is the whole object
with additional fields, e.g. address, netmask, family, mac, cidr,
etc
- details is a boolean that controls whether you want the return of the
function to be just the IP address as a string (false, this is the
default) or the whole object with additional fields (true)
``js`
// On a VPS:
const nonPrivateIP = require('non-private-ip')
nonPrivateIP() // 80.78.25.153
`js``
// In a LAN:
const nonPrivateIP = require('non-private-ip')
nonPrivateIP.private() // 192.168.0.101
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