// Package network contains useful functions for ip address formatting. package network import ( "net" "sort" ) // ExternalIPv4 returns the first IPv4 available. func ExternalIPv4() (string, error) { ips, err := ipAddrs() if err != nil { return "", err } if len(ips) == 0 { return "127.0.0.1", nil } for _, ip := range ips { ip = ip.To4() if ip == nil { continue // not an ipv4 address } return ip.String(), nil } return "127.0.0.1", nil } // ExternalIP returns the first IPv4/IPv6 available. func ExternalIP() (string, error) { ips, err := ipAddrs() if err != nil { return "", err } if len(ips) == 0 { return "127.0.0.1", nil } return ips[0].String(), nil } // ipAddrs returns all the valid IPs available. func ipAddrs() ([]net.IP, error) { ifaces, err := net.Interfaces() if err != nil { return nil, err } var ipAddrs []net.IP for _, iface := range ifaces { if iface.Flags&net.FlagUp == 0 { continue // interface down } if iface.Flags&net.FlagLoopback != 0 { continue // loopback interface } addrs, err := iface.Addrs() if err != nil { return nil, err } for _, addr := range addrs { var ip net.IP switch v := addr.(type) { case *net.IPNet: ip = v.IP case *net.IPAddr: ip = v.IP } if ip == nil || ip.IsLoopback() || ip.IsLinkLocalUnicast() { continue } ipAddrs = append(ipAddrs, ip) } } return SortAddresses(ipAddrs), nil } // SortAddresses sorts a set of addresses in the order of // ipv4 -> ipv6. func SortAddresses(ipAddrs []net.IP) []net.IP { sort.Slice(ipAddrs, func(i, j int) bool { return ipAddrs[i].To4() != nil && ipAddrs[j].To4() == nil }) return ipAddrs }