Network Utilies for Node.js

Install

$ npm install network

Usage

Get public IP

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

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

CLI

$ network public_ip

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'.})

CLI

$ network private_ip

Get gateway IP

Returns the IP of the gateway that your active network interface is linked to.

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

CLI

$ network gateway_ip

Get active interface

Returns the IP, MAC address and interface type for the active network interface. On OS X and Linux you also get the IP of its assigned gateway.

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' } */})

CLI

$ network active_interface

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'  }, { ... }, { ... }] */})

CLI

$ network interfaces_list

Copyright

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

License

MIT.