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To get the local fixed IP address, I use:

IP_ADDRESS = socket.gethostbyname(socket.getfqdn())

When I run this command on a DHCP client host, it returns '127.0.1.1'.

I know how to get it by parsing the result of ifconfig, but I would prefer to get it directly from python. Does anyone know how to get it?

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  • Take a look at stackoverflow.com/questions/166506/… The problem will be that you can have multiple interfaces - the second answer provides you the address of the first interface with internet access (here: checking Google's free DNS server). Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 10:45
  • Thanks, I found an answer that works in both DHCP and non DHCP host: [(s.connect(('8.8.8.8', 53)), s.getsockname()[0], s.close()) for s in [socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)]][0][1]. Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 10:49
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