Public ip address

[Andre Garzia]

Roger,

Let's end this! here a little CGI for you... :-p  you must setup 
Metacard Engine as CGI. You can refer to the CGI tutorial at 
http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/ or use my CGI-Tool palette to 
do this for you, you can fetch it on http://public.soapdog.org

put this inside a cgi called whatismyip.cgi
--- Begin whatismyip.cgi --
#!mc

on startup
   put "Content-Type: text/plain" & cr & cr
   put "Your ip is:" && $REMOTE_ADDR
end startup

--- end whatismyip.cgi --

you invoke this by http://www.yourServer.com/cgi-bin/whatismyip.cgi

you can use the following code in your client app:

function whatIsMyDamnIP
   get URL "http://www.yourServer.com/cgi-bin/whatismyip.cgi"
   set the itemDel to ":"
   put item 2 of it into tMyIP
   return tMyIP
end whatIsMyDamnIP

that should work.
andre


On Jul 26, 2004, at 6:59 PM, Roger Amar wrote:

> OK, Andre, I agree with you, I used the wrong solution because I could 
> not find better.
> If you can help with a more efficient solution, I would be happy.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Roger;
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> DeÊ: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] De la part de Andre 
> Garzia
> EnvoyŽÊ: lundi 26 juillet 2004 23:09
> ËÊ: How to use Revolution
> ObjetÊ: Re: Public ip address
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Roger Amar wrote:
>
>> Owing to the fact that our customers use routers, in more from various
>> manufacturers and that they are working on different platforms (MacOS
>> 9, MacOS X and Windows), the only simple and reliable solution that I
>> found at this time is to import the Web page of whatismyip.com and to
>> extract the IP address.
>
> Roger,
>
> I can give you a five lines CGI and a parse routine for your script if 
> you want... just don't use www.whatismyip.com please! their homepage 
> can go offline and then what, your app is rendered useless. If you 
> going to make a CGI connection to probe for IP, let it be hosted by 
> you. It's more elegant, safe and error proof. there are tons of people 
> here that can send you this code, it's pretty easy. Just don't relly 
> on third-party home pages, if they go offline, change design, or 
> timeout, you'll be a sitting duck...
>
> andre
>
>
>
>
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