ipify API

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Simple public IP address API — returns your current public IP address in plain text or JSON. No API key required. 65+ billion requests served.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get your IP

Get your public IP address as plain text.

https://api.ipify.org

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curl -X GET "https://api.ipify.org/"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.ipify.org/",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.ipify.org/';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.ipify.org/"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.ipify.org/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.ipify.org/";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Get IP as JSON

Get your public IP address as JSON.

https://api.ipify.org?format=json

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curl -X GET "https://api.ipify.org/?format=json"

import requests
params = {
    "format": "json"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.ipify.org/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.ipify.org/');
url.searchParams.set('format', 'json');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.ipify.org/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("format", "json")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.ipify.org/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "format" => "json"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.ipify.org/?" . http_build_query([
    "format" => "json"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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No API key needed
GET https://api.ipify.org → plain text IP
GET https://api.ipify.org?format=json → JSON
IPv6: use api6.ipify.org
Perfect for detecting client IP in server-side code

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