[javascript] Can You Get A Users Local LAN IP Address Via JavaScript?

Now supported in internal-ip!

An RTCPeerConnection can be used. In browsers like Chrome where a getUserMedia permission is required, we can just detect available input devices and request for them.

const internalIp = async () => {
    if (!RTCPeerConnection) {
        throw new Error("Not supported.")
    }

    const peerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({ iceServers: [] })

    peerConnection.createDataChannel('')
    peerConnection.createOffer(peerConnection.setLocalDescription.bind(peerConnection), () => { })

    peerConnection.addEventListener("icecandidateerror", (event) => {
        throw new Error(event.errorText)
    })

    return new Promise(async resolve => {
        peerConnection.addEventListener("icecandidate", async ({candidate}) => {
            peerConnection.close()
            
            if (candidate && candidate.candidate) {
                const result = candidate.candidate.split(" ")[4]
                if (result.endsWith(".local")) {
                    const inputDevices = await navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices()
                    const inputDeviceTypes = inputDevices.map(({ kind }) => kind)

                    const constraints = {}

                    if (inputDeviceTypes.includes("audioinput")) {
                        constraints.audio = true
                    } else if (inputDeviceTypes.includes("videoinput")) {
                        constraints.video = true
                    } else {
                        throw new Error("An audio or video input device is required!")
                    }

                    const mediaStream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints)
                    mediaStream.getTracks().forEach(track => track.stop())
                    resolve(internalIp())
                }
                resolve(result)
            }
        })
    })
}