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Comment by lemcoe9 | Hacker News Reader

ip4.me and related websites actually inspired me to create a more-whimsical version of the website, which I call ipkitten.com. Not only do you get your IP address, User Agent, and approximate geolocation, but you also get a kitten GIF!

It also works from the command line, like this:

  $ curl ipkitten.com
  4.2.2.2

I am sure that Kevin has saved engineers and other IT people tons of headache and time with his simple, helpful, and ad-free tools.

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Don’t know where I first discovered it, but I have been using ipkitten for years when working with non-tech friends, family, and clients. It seems to help with the intimidation filter of getting into the weeds, so thank you!

I didn’t realize it was command line friendly!

I like that this prints the IP address followed by a newline. some similar services don't and it's sort of annoying.

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