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iStat Pro Widget External IP Fix

Fri, 2014.05.16 - 09:04 — müzso
http://blog.dimensionzero.ca/?p=499#comment-60170
Open the $HOME/Library/Widgets/iStat Pro.wdgt/scripts/core.js script in a text editor, find the getExtIP() function and replace the following line:
ipURL = 'http://whatsmyip.islayer.com/?random='+new Date().getTime();

with this (or a similiar "what's my ip" service URL):
ipURL = 'http://www.whatsmyip.us/showipsimple.php?random='+new Date().getTime();

And the following:
if(extIP.length < 20 && ipConnection.status == 200 && extIP.match(/\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/)){

With these:
ip_regex = "\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}";
if(extIP.length < 100000 && ipConnection.status == 200 && extIP.match(new RegExp(ip_regex))){
    extIP = extIP.replace(new RegExp("^(.*[^\\d])?(" + ip_regex + ")([^\\d].*)?$"), "$2");

This patch lets you use quite many "what's my IP" services since the the script will take the first IP looking string from the result of the HTTP request.

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Sat, 2015.09.26 - 21:06 — Anonymous (not verified)

ipslayer.com and whatsmyip.us replacement

ipslayer.com and whatsmyip.us and are no longer in service.
ipify.org is a drop-in replacement for the original code:
        ipURL = 'http://api.ipify.org/?format=xml';
        ipConnection = new XMLHttpRequest();
        ipConnection.open("GET",ipURL,true);
        ipConnection.onreadystatechange = function() {
                if(ipConnection.readyState == 4 && ipConnection.responseText != null && ipConnection.responseText.length > 0) {
                        extIP = ipConnection.responseText;
                        if(ipConnection.status == 200)

Sat, 2015.09.26 - 21:30 — müzso

Re: ipslayer.com and whatsmyip.us replacement

Thanks for the feedback!

Fri, 2015.10.02 - 17:48 — Anonymous (not verified)

does not work

your code does not work for me. iStat not able to start with this code.

Sat, 2015.10.03 - 07:03 — müzso

Re: does not work

It's because my post is more than a year old and the IP checking service (www.whatsmyip.us) is no more. This was already mentioned by somebody in an anonymous comment. You should find another IP checking service. Eg. ipify.org is a drop-in replacement (as mentioned by the same comment).

Tue, 2015.10.13 - 12:59 — Damon (not verified)

missing close quote in first line

Should be:

ipURL = 'http://api.ipify.org/?format=xml';

Wed, 2015.10.14 - 21:32 — müzso

Re: missing close quote in first line

Thanks! I've corrected this in the anonymous comment so others don't get stuck while copy&pasting it.

Sat, 2015.11.07 - 18:46 — Anonymous (not verified)

Don't forget to killall Dock

Thanks for fixing my typo.
If you have just made this fix:
sudo killall Dock
to force the existing iStat to load the new code

Sun, 2016.12.11 - 00:09 — Anonymous (not verified)

New Fix

To maque it work now (11 December 2016)


function getExtIP(){
ipURL = 'http://api.ipify.org/?format=xml';
ipConnection = new XMLHttpRequest();
ipConnection.open("GET",ipURL,true);
ipConnection.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(ipConnection.readyState == 4 && ipConnection.responseText != null && ipConnection.responseText.length > 0) {
extIP = ipConnection.responseText;
extIP_len = extIP.length;
if(extIP.length < 20 && ipConnection.status == 200 && extIP.match(/\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/)){
e("wide_extip").innerHTML = extIP;
e("tall_extip").innerHTML = extIP;
valid_ip = true;
} else {
valid_ip = false;
e("wide_extip").innerHTML = "Unknown";
e("tall_extip").innerHTML = "Unknown";
}
}
}
ipConnection.send(null);
}