Is there a way to get internal information (like IP address / hardware (mac) address/ etc??

We have this on our change request list and will implement such a function with an upcoing update.

Birger

Is there any update on this?  It would be helpful obtain the MAC and IP Address of the client.

@Mconneen. Same for me.  I was just curious since the 10/10/18 reply from support stated that a function would be added with an upcoming update.  That was nearly 2 years ago.  Any idea if there is a master list of future updates anywhere? I'm always curious as to what features might be added and when.

Stephen, There is a Change Request database in the Ninox BETA Team, but I wouldn't put much faith in any of the completion dates listed. I love working with the app, however, it seems they are focusing on low code no code features instead of any "low level" stuff.

@Sean. Thanks for the reply.  Can anyone request/receive access to the BETA team?  I really love Ninox but a few extra features would really help me roll out a more solid product.  This particular request falls in the "would be nice to have" category for me.

Stephen, There aren't any exclusions that I'm aware of. The fastest way to get an invite is to send an email to Ninox support and if you don't have access to the Webinar EN 2020 team go ahead and ask for that too. Regarding their ever releasing such a function, I have to say I doubt it based on the little bit of research I did. This is an interesting read, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20194722/can-you-get-a-users-local-lan-ip-address-via-javascript, and unless I misread the thread, indicates it is not supported by all browsers so I don't think we'll see the function.

I have to wonder if privacy concerns would be a deterrent to releasing that kind of function.

I've never used the https command, so I thought this would be a good test for me. The following returns an IP address using an IP api service (ipify.org api) I found online. It works but unfortunatelty it must be returning the Ninox Server IP address (My assumption since it isn't mine), not mine. When I remove the "do as server" I get an error message...."Request failed: error -".

Thoughts?

let response := do as server
http("GET", "https://api.ipify.org?format=json")
end;
if response.error then
alert(text(response.error))
else
alert(text(response.result));
'Ip Address' := response
end;
'Ip Address' := text(first(response.result.ip))

I've been looking for a test case anyway for grabbing data from the internet. Pretty neat stuff. I wish there was some better documentation examples. It took me a while to figure this out.

I was able to use the API without using "do as server". I kept my code simple and tested both the "text" and "json" response types...

let response := http("GET", "https://api.ipify.org");
response.result

let response := http("GET", "https://api.ipify.org?format=json");
response.result.id

The IP address it returned didn't match the IP address in Network Settings though.

That did work for me, and it returns my public IP address.  

let response := http("GET", "https://api.ipify.org");
if response.error then
alert(text(response.error))
else
'Ip Address' := text(response.result)
end

Is your ip address in Network Settings your internal private IP address (ie inside your firewall?)

Yes, you're right. I'm away from home and am using my phone as a mobile hotspot so I was looking at that IP address. I found my phone's public IPv4 and IPv6 public address using WhatIsMyIp.com and the IPv4 matches what ipify returns.

It worked from home for me but it doesn't work at my office (I tested this morning). But, we do have an advanced firewall and are using a Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi device to block access to various websites and advertisements. I'll have to see if that site is accessible...I'm thinking the code is fine, but one of these devices on my network is blocking access to the ipify.org site.

I also have been looking around for a similar site that might poll the MAC address of the network card too. We'll see...

This is pretty neat stuff.  Better documentation with examples would save me a lot of time though.

Thanks for your help on this Sean.

I found out that the script returns two different IP´s, if you use the skript in a f(x) or button and the one hand, and in a change-trigger on the other hand. I find that really strange. Does anyone have an explanation for that?