connect-aemmobile/lib/util/ip.js

Connect middleware to serve an AEM Mobile app. Based on connect-phonegap.

/*!
 * Module dependencies.
 */

var ip = require('ip'),
    os = require('os');

/**
 * Get IP address of local machine.
 *
 * Finds and returns the IP address of the network adapter used to communicate
 * with the Internet. We cannot simply use the first network adapters IP address,
 * because some virtual machines and specifically the Windows Phone simulator
 * will add their own network adapters. Often the network adapters are arranged
 * alphabetically, so the first adapter may not be a valid address.
 *
 * Our solution is to attempt to ping an external address and then lookup
 * the local address used to make the request. If this fails - because the
 * external service is unavailable or the user is not connected to the Internet -
 * then we fallback on the first adapter's address.
 *
 * Arguments:
 *
 *   - `callback` {Function} will be triggered on competion.
 *     - `e` {Error} is null unless there is an error.
 *     - `address` {String} is the primary IP address.
 *     - `addresses` {[String]} is an array of addresses (primary is first).
 *
 * Example:
 *
 *    ip.address(function(e, address, address) {
 *        console.log('error:', e);
 *        console.log('IP address:', address);
 *        console.log('IP addresses:', addresses.join(', '));
 *    });
 */

module.exports.address = function(callback) {
    var interfaces = os.networkInterfaces();
    var addresses = [ip.address()];

    for (var k in interfaces) {
        for (var k2 in interfaces[k]) {
            var address = interfaces[k][k2];
            if (address.family === 'IPv4' && !address.internal) {
                // address is not the primary address
                if (address.address !== addresses[0]) {
                    addresses.push(address.address);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    callback(null, addresses[0], addresses);
};