How can I get the public IP using python2.7?

Question

How can I get the public IP using python2.7? Not private IP.

Answer 1

This is a way not to have to make a call to the internet:

Please let me know if this doesn't work, then I can update the answer (it works for ~10 servers of mine)

from subprocess import check_output
out = check_output("/sbin/ifconfig | awk '/inet / { print $2 }' | sed 's/addr://'", shell=True)
[x for x in out.decode().split() if not x == "127.0.0.1" and 
                                    not (x.startswith("172") and x.endswith("0.1"))]
["x.x.x.x.x"]