get public ip from python

1from requests import get
2
3ip = get('https://api.ipify.org').text
4print(f'My public IP address is: {ip}')

1# this is more faster solution written in python2 tho :D
2# comapre it with other solutions and you'll see
3
4import urllib2
5
6def get_public_ip(request_target):
7	grabber = urllib2.build_opener()
8	grabber.addheaders = [('Useragent','Mozilla/5.0')]
9	try:
10		public_ip_address = grabber.open(target_url).read()
11	except urllib2.HTTPError, error:
12		print("There was an error trying to get your Public IP: %s") % (error)
13	except urllib2.URLError, error:
14		print("There was an error trying to get your Public IP: %s") % (error)
15	return public_ip_address
16
17public_ip = "None"
18target_url = "http://ip.42.pl/raw"
19public_ip = get_public_ip(target_url)
20
21if not "None" in public_ip:
22	print("Your Public IP address is: %s") % (str(public_ip))
23else:
24	print("Your Public IP address was not found")