ds-utils

1.6.1

public/Get-PublicIPv4Address.ps1

                                function Get-PublicIPv4Address {

    <#

    .SYNOPSIS

    Get current public IPv4 address

    .DESCRIPTION

    Geez. Do I really need to elaborate on this one?

    .PARAMETER (none)

    .EXAMPLE

        Get-PublicIPv4Address

    .LINK

        https://github.com/Skatterbrainz/ds-utils/blob/master/docs/Get-PublicIPv4Address.md

    #>

    $response = Invoke-WebRequest "http://ipconfig.me/ip"

    $pattern = 'id="ip_address">'

    $beginstring = $response.Content.Substring($response.Content.IndexOf($pattern)+16)

    $result = $beginstring.Substring(0, $beginstring.IndexOf("</"))

    $result

}