For my project, i need to get the IPhone's Public IP address, there are so many examples available, which show public IP address by using external / third party URL. I just want to know how to extract IPhones's IP Address without help of using another url.
Note :- I used This one but shows only the local IP address , i need public IP address
   func getIPAddress() -> [String] {
    var addresses = [String]()
    // Get list of all interfaces on the local machine:
    var ifaddr : UnsafeMutablePointer<ifaddrs> = nil
    if getifaddrs(&ifaddr) == 0 {
        // For each interface ...
        for (var ptr = ifaddr; ptr != nil; ptr = ptr.memory.ifa_next) {
            let flags = Int32(ptr.memory.ifa_flags)
            var addr = ptr.memory.ifa_addr.memory
            // Check for running IPv4, IPv6 interfaces. Skip the loopback interface.
            if (flags & (IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING|IFF_LOOPBACK)) == (IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING) {
                if addr.sa_family == UInt8(AF_INET) || addr.sa_family == UInt8(AF_INET6) {
                    // Convert interface address to a human readable string:
                    var hostname = [CChar](count: Int(NI_MAXHOST), repeatedValue: 0)
                    if (getnameinfo(&addr, socklen_t(addr.sa_len), &hostname, socklen_t(hostname.count),
                        nil, socklen_t(0), NI_NUMERICHOST) == 0) {
                            if let address = String.fromCString(hostname) {
                                addresses.append(address)
                            }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        freeifaddrs(ifaddr)
    }
    return addresses
}
I used this one in my swift project by using a header file, it generates Local IP
How to change your IP address on iOS. In the Settings of your iPhone or iPad, tap Wi-Fi, and choose your Network. In the IPv4 section, tap Configure IP. Choose Manual, and enter your new IP address.
IP spoofing enables an attacker to replace a packet header's source IP address with a fake, or spoofed IP address. The attacker does this by intercepting an IP packet and modifying it, before sending it on to its destination.
let address = try? String(contentsOf: URL(string: "https://api.ipify.org")!, encoding: .utf8)
print(address)
Then you get public IP-address
import Darwin
var hostName = [Int8](count: 255, repeatedValue: 0)
gethostname(&hostName, hostName.count)
var hints = addrinfo()
var res = UnsafeMutablePointer<addrinfo>()
var p = UnsafeMutablePointer<addrinfo>()
var p4 = UnsafeMutablePointer<sockaddr_in>()
var p6 = UnsafeMutablePointer<sockaddr_in6>()
hints.ai_flags = AI_ALL
hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM
var ipstr = [CChar](count: Int(INET6_ADDRSTRLEN), repeatedValue: 0)
print("List of IP addresses on host \(String.fromCString(hostName)!)\n")
if getaddrinfo( hostName, "0", &hints, &res) == 0 {
    var ipFamily = ""
    var s: Int32 = 0
    var port: in_port_t = 0
    for(p = res; p != nil; p = p.memory.ai_next) {
        switch p.memory.ai_family {
        case PF_INET:
            p4 = UnsafeMutablePointer<sockaddr_in>(p.memory.ai_addr)
            inet_ntop(AF_INET, &p4.memory.sin_addr, &ipstr, socklen_t(INET6_ADDRSTRLEN))
            ipFamily = "IPv4"
            port = p4.memory.sin_port.bigEndian
        case PF_INET6:
            p6 = UnsafeMutablePointer<sockaddr_in6>(p.memory.ai_addr)
            inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &p6.memory.sin6_addr, &ipstr, socklen_t(INET6_ADDRSTRLEN))
            ipFamily = "IPv6"
            port = p6.memory.sin6_port.bigEndian
        default:
            break
        }
        print("\t\(ipFamily):", String.fromCString(ipstr)!)
    }
    // free unmanaged memmory !!!!!
    freeaddrinfo(res)
}
prints on my own computer
List of IP addresses on host Ivos-MacBook.local
    IPv6: fe80::225:ff:fe40:9c72
    IPv6: 2a02:130:200:1350:225:ff:fe40:9c72
    IPv4: 192.168.1.106
for external IP, you need help of external service (not swift specific :-))
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