This is my first python script I ever wrote. This script connects to whatismyip.com, fetches the external IP address of the network you are on, puts it into a text file and uploads it via FTP to any server you want.

At home I have Cox, therefore I have a dynamic IP. Even though this IP only changes about once every month, I got sick of needing to connect to my home computer via VNC and not being able because my IP had changed. Therefore I created the following script and set up a scheduled task on my home computer to run this script every hour.

After running this script, you can then use PHP (or any similar language) to include this file into any page you desire.

 #! /usr/bin/env python
import httplib
import sys
import os
import ftplib
 
file="ip.txt"
 
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("www.whatismyip.com")
conn.request("GET","/automation/n09230945.asp")
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
 
filename = str(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])) + "\\"+file) #Create file
FILE = open(filename,"w") #Open file ready for writing
FILE.writelines(data) #Write 'data' to file
FILE.close() #Close file
 
#Replace [server], [user], and [pass] with your information.
s = ftplib.FTP('[server]','[user]','[pass]') #Connect
f = open(file,'rb') #File to send
s.storbinary('STOR '+file, f) #Send the file
f.close() #Close file and FTP
s.quit() #Quit FTP
 
sys.exit(0)

Shouts to Automated Penguin and Nak!