Write a python function to check external IP address

Solution

def check_ip():
    import re
    import urllib.request as ur
    url = "http://checkip.dyndns.org"
    with ur.urlopen(url) as u:
        s = str(u.read())
        ip = re.findall(r"\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}", s)
        print("IP Address: ", ip[0])
        return ip[0]