from net import IpAddress, IpAddressFamily, Port, `$`, newSocket, connect, close, getLocalAddr, parseIpAddress from nativesockets import Domain, SockType, Protocol # FIXME: getPrimaryAddr is not needed anymore once # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/15538 is released. proc getPrimaryIPAddr*(dest = parseIpAddress("8.8.8.8")): IpAddress = ## Finds the local IP address, usually assigned to eth0 on LAN or wlan0 on WiFi, ## used to reach an external address. Useful to run local services. ## ## No traffic is sent. ## ## Supports IPv4 and v6. ## Raises OSError if external networking is not set up. ## ## .. code-block:: Nim ## echo $getPrimaryIPAddr() # "192.168.1.2" let socket = if dest.family == IpAddressFamily.IPv4: newSocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP) else: newSocket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP) socket.connect($dest, 80.Port) result = socket.getLocalAddr()[0].parseIpAddress() socket.close()