localanywhere/utils/getLocalIp.js

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const os = require('os');

function getLocalIp() {
  const interfaces = os.networkInterfaces();
  for (const iface of Object.values(interfaces)) {
    for (const alias of iface) {
      if (alias.family === 'IPv4' && !alias.internal) {
        return alias.address;
      }
    }
  }
  return '127.0.0.1'; // Fallback to localhost if no network interface found
}

module.exports = getLocalIp;