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Use myip.dk from curl, PowerShell, JavaScript, and scripts. Explore the IP, DNS, and network lookup APIs and their rate limits.

The current request determines the reported address. Requests from a VPS, CI runner, or proxy return that connection’s public address.

Your public address

A plain-text response for shell scripts. This endpoint works regardless of your user agent.

curl --fail --silent --show-error https://myip.dk/api/raw-ip

Choose IPv4 or IPv6

Force the address family on the client. The command fails if that route is unavailable.

curl -4 --fail https://myip.dk/api/raw-ip
curl -6 --fail https://myip.dk/api/raw-ip

Structured JSON

Returns the address family, IP address, and availability for the current request.

curl --fail https://myip.dk/api/ip

Illustrative JSON response (documentation address):

{ "family": "ipv4", "ip": "203.0.113.42", "available": true }

PowerShell

Read the JSON response and select the IP property.

(Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://myip.dk/api/ip").ip

DNS records

Choose A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CAA, SOA, PTR, CNAME, SRV, HTTPS, or SVCB. Resolver options are cloudflare and google.

curl --fail --get https://myip.dk/api/dns \
  --data-urlencode "name=example.com" \
  --data-urlencode "type=MX" \
  --data-urlencode "resolver=cloudflare"

Request headers

Returns the browser-chosen headers of the current request, such as User-Agent and Accept-Language.

curl --fail https://myip.dk/api/headers

IP network lookup

Look up registration data from the responsible regional registry and reverse DNS. Routing enrichment is optional; inspect each source status.

curl --fail --get https://myip.dk/api/lookup \
  --data-urlencode "ip=1.1.1.1"

Rate limits and error handling

Address endpoints share an allowance of 20 requests in a burst, refilling at one request per minute. DNS and IP lookup tools share a separate allowance of 60 requests, refilling at six per minute. Both are per observed client IP, so people behind the same public address share the relevant allowance. A resolver comparison uses two requests; a full DNS overview uses ten.

On HTTP 429, wait for the number of seconds in the Retry-After response header. Handle non-success status codes before parsing the body, use a timeout, and avoid tight polling loops. The API does not require a key.

Status	Meaning	What to do
400	Invalid or unsupported input	Check the address, name, type, and resolver.
429	Client rate limit reached	Respect Retry-After before retrying.
502 / 503 / 504	Upstream or temporary service problem	Back off and retry later.

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