The public IP is not correct

[leoli-dev]

Describe the bug

Hi there, I have issue while running cloudflare-ddns.py without modification. The IP it sends to cloudflare is not the one I saw from the WAN of my router. The issue comes from the request https://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace, and after searching on the internet, I found a alternative public IP source https://ipinfo.io/ip, the one from it is exactly the public IP of my router. I'm not sure whether it's a bug or just for my use case.

Here's my modification:

def getIPs():
    a = None
    aaaa = None
    global ipv4_enabled
    global ipv6_enabled
    global purgeUnknownRecords
    if ipv4_enabled:
        try:
             a = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/ip")
             a = a.text.strip()

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to the router, check the public IP of WAN
2. run curl https://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace and check the IP from the response
3. run curl https://ipinfo.io/ip and compare the IP from the step above

Expected behavior
Both public IPs should be the same.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Additional context

• Proxmox 8.0.3
• RouterOS 7.12

[EeeMt]

In my case, I run my nas behind a clash. The 1.1.1.1 hit clash's proxy rule, so that the public ip deteted was the proxy's ip.

[leoli-dev]

I discovered the root cause of my issue: my internet provider does not offer a static public IP, resulting in the IP changing depending on the website used to check it. However, by utilizing RouterOS on my main router, I can access the actual public IP through its API. Here is the code I modified:

def getIPs():
    a = None
    aaaa = None
    global ipv4_enabled
    global ipv6_enabled
    global purgeUnknownRecords
    if ipv4_enabled:
        try:
            url = "{{your_router_ip}}"
            auth = ("{{admin_username}}", "{{admin_password}}")
            response = requests.get(url, auth=auth)
            data = response.json()

            a = "192.168.1.1"
            for item in data:
                ip = item["address"].split("/")[0]
                if not ip.startswith("{{your_internal_ip_domain}}") and not ip.startswith("192"):
                    a = ip
                    break

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