# Monitor external ip and warn ik changed

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-external-ip-and-warn-ik-changed/90781>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-external-ip-and-warn-ik-changed/90781 "2023-10-02T16:35:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-external-ip-and-warn-ik-changed/90781/25 "2023-10-11T14:41:45Z")

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Instead of using a brittle method like parsing an HTML page you can also use [any of the dozens of available API’s](https://www.google.com/search?q=my+ip+json) that provide your IP-address in JSON format:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/9/69a345db6bbeeb85a4384a5a2b25eec40d0f5d70.png)

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