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viraptor
> An ad/script blocker has blocked the ability to view your public IP.

This is BS. :-(

Googling "what's my IP" is pretty memorable as well.

enigmango
Yeah, I know - it uses ipify.org and my guess is some sites might use it for tracking, which is a shame. Note that no ads or tracking are used for the site, and I added a page showing uBlock users how to only allow calls to ipify from this domain.

While Google and https://api.ipify.org/ are cool and fast and memorable, this started as a side project to make it easy to copy and display in the tab title as well (plus I found a cheap domain). Thanks for clicking!

viraptor
Why ipify though? I connected to you. You already have my IP.
enigmango
Another goal was to keep this super cheap, quick, and familiar, so this uses a static site hosted on S3. Pennies per month, but no server-side power.

I'm not a web dev by trade, so perhaps there's a way to make it work. Maybe using WebRTC with a fallback to ipify for IE. Something to investigate!

s-c-h
Maybe you can create a lambda function and connect to it through api gateway. You can get one million calls free each month.
enigmango
Update: I've changed the API used from ipify.org to ipapi.co, which plays more nicely with uBlock.