web service for getting current IP address

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edmccann@gmail.com - 04 Mar 2006 15:08 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know if there's a free webservice (SOAP, XML-RPC, etc) that
will return the client's current IP address? I'm building a Google
Maps mashup and hosting it at a dynamic IP address, so I want to be
able to update the license key automatically.

I found a service called IP2Location.com, but it only allows 200 trial
requests. I don't need a location for an IP, I need MY current IP when
I send a request.

Thanks,
Ed

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Paul Tomblin - 04 Mar 2006 15:37 GMT

In a previous article, edmccann@gmail.com said:

>Does anyone know if there's a free webservice (SOAP, XML-RPC, etc) that
>will return the client's current IP address? I'm building a Google
>Maps mashup and hosting it at a dynamic IP address, so I want to be
>able to update the license key automatically.

I wrote a very short CGI that does that. It's at
http://xcski.net/cgi-bin/you_are.cgi
Please don't slam the hell out of it or I'll have to move it. If you have
a host somewhere where you can put a CGI, the source code looks like:
#!/bin/sh

echo "Content-Type: text/plain"
echo
echo $REMOTE_ADDR
exit 0

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Roedy Green - 04 Mar 2006 15:46 GMT

>>Does anyone know if there's a free webservice (SOAP, XML-RPC, etc) that
>>will return the client's current IP address?

dozens of them. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ip.html

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