Python script for getting public IP address

myip.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
This simple script fetches your IP as seen by web pages, and displays it.

Execute this script locally like that:
$ curl -s https://raw.github.com/gist/3389407/myip.py | python
"""
import urllib2

print(urllib2.urlopen('http://ip.42.pl/raw').read())

import requests
print(requests.get('http://ip.42.pl/raw').text)

Worked for getting the public IP in my ec2 instace