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Python script not running for Raspberry Pi 3

Hi,

I am trying to run following python script in my Raspberry Pi. What I want to do is to extract Public IP Address of my Raspberry. But I am getting NULL. Please advise.

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from urllib.request import urlopen
import re

#Setup Where I will get my IP Address
url = 'https://whatismyipaddress.com/'
print ("Our Choosen IP Address Service Is: ", url)

#Open-up the IP url and Take Away the IP Address
request = urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')

#Extract the IP Address Only
ourIP=re.findall("\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}", request)
ourIP = str(ourIP)
print ("Our IP Address is: ", ourIP)
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Output, what I am getting:

Our Choosen IP Address Service Is: https://whatismyipaddress.com/
Our IP Address is: []
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Regards,
Soumen

Gerwin Jansen

You are not allowed to access that site using Python, if you look at the request you will see this:

Access Denied (AK1). Contact support@whatismyipaddress.com

If you try whatismyip.com you get the same. That site says:

What Is My IP API
If you need data returned to you via script, we provide an API section where you'll be able to call each of our tools and get the output in txt, json, or xml. You'll need to sign up for our Gold Membership to gain access to our API. Read our API Quick Start Guide to get the API up and running and working for you.

But http://myexternalip.com is allowing you to get your external address using a script. Try that instead.

Soumen Roy

ASKER

Oh ho,
Okay. Got your point. I need to get my public ip in such a way. Can you suggest any site where I can collect that with such process? Or can I access Google service for this? If that is possible, can you please suggest that code?

Regards,
Soumen

Soumen Roy

ASKER

I mean, is there any free service for such thing?

Regards,
Soumen

Gerwin Jansen

The myexternalip site is what you can use, a simpler python implementation (from that site) that is working:

import urllib
url = 'http://myexternalip.com/raw'
myip = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
print myip

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Soumen Roy

ASKER

@Gerwin Jansen:

Thank you for your guidance, but it is not working directly in Pi. I have changed as follows:

from urllib.request import urlopen
import re

#Setup Where I will get my IP Address
url = 'http://myexternalip.com/raw'
print ("Our Choosen IP Address Service Is: ", url)

#Open-up the IP url and Take Away the IP Address
myip = urlopen(url).read()

#Extract the IP Address Only
#ourIP=re.findall("\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}", request)
#ourIP = str(ourIP)
print ("Our IP Address is: ", myip)
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But still a little problem is there. I am getting the ip as:

Our Choosen IP Address Service Is: http://myexternalip.com/raw
Our IP Address is: b'xxx.xx.xxx.xxx\n'

How to remove "b" and "\n" before and after that IP address? Any suggestion?
Regards,
Soumen

Gerwin Jansen

Did you try the code from my last comment? If you did, then show the error you get, 'it is not working' is not something we can help you with.

The last sample code is working on my Raspberry and it is giving back the IP address without the b and \n

Soumen Roy

ASKER

@Gerwin Jansen:

Yes, When I tried your code, I am getting following error.

Then I replaced as "print (myip)". Now I am getting the following msg.

So, I replace that code as given in my last comment. It worked, only to remove "b" and "\n" from the returned string.
b'xxx.xx.xxx.xxx\n'

May be I am doing something wrong. I am now using the code I have given my last comment.
Please advise.

Regards,
Soumen

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