ipify

ipify IP Address API

Operations that return the caller's public IP address.

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GET / ipify Get Public IP Address #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ipify Public IP Address API
  description: ipify is a free, open source, unlimited IP address lookup service operated by Randall Degges. The API returns the requester's public IP address as plain text, JSON, or JSONP. There is no authentication, no rate limit, no logging, and the same endpoint family supports IPv4 (api.ipify.org), IPv6 (api6.ipify.org), and dual-stack (api64.ipify.org) callers.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: ipify
    url: https://www.ipify.org/
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-29'
servers:
- url: https://api.ipify.org
  description: IPv4 endpoint — returns the caller's public IPv4 address.
- url: https://api6.ipify.org
  description: IPv6 endpoint — returns the caller's public IPv6 address when called over an IPv6 transport.
- url: https://api64.ipify.org
  description: Dual-stack endpoint — returns IPv4 or IPv6 depending on the transport the caller used.
tags:
- name: IP Address
  description: Operations that return the caller's public IP address.
paths:
  /:
    get:
      operationId: getPublicIp
      summary: ipify Get Public IP Address
      description: Return the caller's public IP address. Without query parameters the response body is plain text containing the IP. With `format=json` the response is a JSON object. With `format=jsonp` the response is a JSONP callback wrapper.
      tags:
      - IP Address
      parameters:
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Response encoding. Omit for plain text. `json` for a JSON object. `jsonp` for a JSONP callback wrapper.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - jsonp
        example: json
      - name: callback
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Custom JSONP callback function name. Only meaningful when `format=jsonp`. Defaults to `callback` if omitted.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: callback
        example: getip
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Caller's public IP address.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Plain-text IP address (default response).
                example: 98.207.254.136
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IpResponse'
            application/javascript:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: JSONP callback wrapping the IP response.
                example: callback({"ip":"98.207.254.136"});
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    IpResponse:
      type: object
      description: JSON-encoded public IP response from ipify.
      required:
      - ip
      properties:
        ip:
          type: string
          description: The caller's public IP address as an IPv4 or IPv6 literal.
          example: 98.207.254.136

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