Network Utilies for Node.js

Install

$ npm install network

Usage

Get public IP

Returns your public IP address, as reported by DynDNS.org.

var network = require('network');
network.get_public_ip(function(err, ip) {
  console.log(err || ip); // should return your public IP address
})

Get private IP

Returns the IP address assigned to your first active network inteface.

network.get_private_ip(function(err, ip) {
  console.log(err || ip); // err may be 'No active network interface found'.
})

Get gateway IP

Returns the IP address assigned to your first active network inteface.

network.get_gateway_ip(function(err, ip) {
  console.log(err || ip); // err may be 'No active network interface found.'
})

Get active interface

Returns the IP address, MAC address and gateway IP address for the active network interface.

network.get_active_interface(function(err, obj) {

  /* obj should be:

  { name: 'eth0',
    ip_address: '10.0.1.3',
    mac_address: '56:e5:f9:e4:38:1d',
    type: 'Wired',
    netmask: '255.255.255.0',
    gateway_ip: '10.0.1.1' }

  */
})

Get interfaces list

Returns list of network interfaces, including MAC addresses and the such, just as in the example above.

network.get_interfaces_list(function(err, list) {

  /* list should be:

  [{
    name: 'eth0',
    ip_address: '10.0.1.3',
    mac_address: '56:e5:f9:e4:38:1d',
    type: 'Wired',
    netmask: '255.255.255.0',
    gateway_ip: '10.0.1.1'
   },
   { ... }, { ... }]

  */
})

Copyright

Written by Tomás Pollak. Copyright (c) 2014 Fork, Ltd.

License

MIT.