Consider the following code for rest API node server.
var restify = require('restify');
var server = restify.createServer();
server.get('/echo/:name', function (req, res, next) {
res.send({name: req.params.name});
next();
});
server.listen(8080, function () {
console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});
Running up that server with node:
$ node echo.js
restify listening at http://0.0.0.0:8080
It shows 0.0.0.0 which is wrong.
Can anyone the me how to console log the exact IP of the server when its turned on?
Thanks
rest_server.listen(config.appPort, function () {
var adrs = require('os').networkInterfaces();
console.log(adrs);
console.log('%s listening at %s', rest_server.name, rest_server.url);
});
Output:
{ 'Local Area Connection': [ { address: '192.168.3.60', family: 'IPv4', internal
: false } ],
'Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1':
[ { address: '::1', family: 'IPv6', internal: true },
{ address: '127.0.0.1', family: 'IPv4', internal: true } ],
'isatap.TEST.ORG':
[ { address: 'fe80::5efe:c0a8:33c',
family: 'IPv6',
internal: false } ] }
restify listening at http://0.0.0.0:8080
Had the Same issue and figured out the problem, basically you can pass another parameter to the .listen() function and that should be your server IP address
server.listen(port, [host], [backlog], [callback])
server.listen(port, YOUR IP ADDRESS, function(){ });
for you to get your server ip address just do "traceroute www.WEBSITE_URL.com" in the terminal.
let me know if you still have an issue.
thanks Mahdi
You can set the real address to the listen method, see
http://mcavage.github.io/node-restify/#Server-API and http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/net.html#net_server_listen_path_callback
server.address() may return the address the server was bound to:
http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/net.html#net_server_address
Got some solution, which is as follows.
Any improvements on the same is always welcomed.
var osDetails = require('os');
function getDynamicIP(calbck) {
var ip;
try {
var adrs = osDetails.networkInterfaces();
for (key in adrs) {
if (adrs.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
if (adrs[key][0].internal === false && adrs[key][0].family === 'IPv4') {
ip = adrs[key][0].address;
break;
}
}
}
}
catch (e) {
return calbck(e, null);
}
return calbck(null, ip);
}