Getting IP Address/Interfaces with Python

# easy_install netifaces

in python shell:

// list all interfaces

>>> import netifaces
>>> netifaces.interfaces()

['lo0', 'gif0', 'stf0', 'en0', 'fw0', 'en1', 'vboxnet0']

>>>

// now get the addresses only for AF_INET

>>> for iface in netifaces.interfaces():

...     if netifaces.AF_INET in netifaces.ifaddresses(iface) and\

...     'addr' in netifaces.ifaddresses(iface)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]:

...             print iface, netifaces.ifaddresses(iface)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']

... 

lo0 127.0.0.1

en0 192.168.2.1

en1 192.168.1.2

>>>