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Update script for dynv6.com to set your IPv4 address and IPv6 prefix
#!/bin/sh -e
hostname=$1
device=$2
file=$HOME/.dynv6.addr6
[ -e $file ] && old=`cat $file`
if [ -z "$hostname" -o -z "$token" ]; then
echo "Usage: token=<your-authentication-token> [netmask=64] $0 your-name.dynv6.net [device]"
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "$netmask" ]; then
netmask=128
fi
if [ -n "$device" ]; then
device="dev $device"
fi
address=$(ip -6 addr list scope global $device | grep -v " fd" | sed -n 's/.*inet6 \([0-9a-f:]\+\).*/\1/p' | head -n 1)
if [ -e /usr/bin/curl ]; then
bin="curl -fsS"
elif [ -e /usr/bin/wget ]; then
bin="wget -O-"
else
echo "neither curl nor wget found"
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "$address" ]; then
echo "no IPv6 address found"
exit 1
fi
# address with netmask
current=$address/$netmask
if [ "$old" = "$current" ]; then
echo "IPv6 address unchanged"
exit
fi
# send addresses to dynv6
$bin "http://dynv6.com/api/update?hostname=$hostname&ipv6=$current&token=$token"
$bin "http://ipv4.dynv6.com/api/update?hostname=$hostname&ipv4=auto&token=$token"
# save current address
echo $current > $file
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Like @slyfunky ... I Found my self with a bunch of linux-like scripts...
If you are trying to host with windows, take a look to this repo: https://github.com/slyfunky/Pango/blob/main/DNS.bat

I liked a lot your ideas, like getting dynamically the public ipv4.

Heres is my powershell code:

#!/usr/bin/env pwsh

# Currenty Only support for ipv4.

# zone / hostname
$hostname = $env:SERVICE_HOSTNAME

# HTTP Token got form https://dynv6.com/keys
$httpToken = $env:DYNV6_HTTP_TOKEN

# some service that returns your public ipv4
$publicIpProvider = $env:PUBLIC_IPv4_PROVIDER_SERVICE

if (-not $hostname) {
    Write-Error "The environment variable 'SERVICE_HOSTNAME' is empty. Please set it before running the script."
    exit 1
}

if (-not $httpToken) {
    Write-Error "The environment variable 'DYNV6_HTTP_TOKEN' is empty. Please set it before running the script."
    exit 1
}

if (-not $publicIpProvider) {
    Write-Error "The environment variable 'PUBLIC_IPv4_PROVIDER_SERVICE' is empty. Please set it before running the script."
    exit 1
}

# call to public ip provider
$publicIpProviderResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $publicIpProvider -ErrorAction Stop

# check the response status code
if ($publicIpProviderResponse.StatusCode -ne 200) {
    Write-Error "Request failed with status code: $($response.StatusCode)"
    Write-Error "Try with other value for PUBLIC_IPv4_PROVIDER_SERVICE"
    exit 1
}

# get ipv4
$ipv4 = $publicIpProviderResponse.Content

# dynv6 http api ipv4 url
$dynv6HTTPApiIpv4 = "https://ipv4.dynv6.com/api/update?ipv4=$ipv4&zone=$hostname&token=$httpToken"

$dynv6Response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $dynv6HTTPApiIpv4 -ErrorAction Stop

$dynv6Response.StatusCode

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