We built a free ipify alternative - here's what we learned

If you've ever needed your public IP in a script, you've probably typed this:

curl api.ipify.org

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ipify is one of those quiet pieces of internet infrastructure. Launched in 2014, it answers one question — "what is my public IP?" — so simply that it ended up embedded in millions of scripts and apps, serving billions of requests a month. Respect.