Methods to obtain IP address of physical devices

getnetworkip.py

# Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/166506/finding-local-ip-addresses-using-pythons-stdlib
def getNetworkIp():
    import socket
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1)
    s.connect(('<broadcast>', 0))
    return s.getsockname()[0]

print (getNetworkIp())

def get_ip():
import socket
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    try:
        # doesn't even have to be reachable
        s.connect(('10.255.255.255', 0))
        IP = s.getsockname()[0]
    except:
        IP = '127.0.0.1'
    finally:
        s.close()
    return IP
    
print (get_ip())