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// Copyright (C) 2019-2023 Algorand, Inc.
// This file is part of go-algorand
//
// go-algorand is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
// License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// go-algorand is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
// along with go-algorand.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package network

import (
	"context"
	"net"
)

// GetExternalIPAddress retrieves the external IP address of the host.
func GetExternalIPAddress(ctx context.Context) ([]net.IPAddr, error) {
	resolver := &net.Resolver{
		PreferGo: true,
		Dial: func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
			d := net.Dialer{}
			return d.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", net.JoinHostPort("resolver1.opendns.com", "53"))
		},
	}
	return resolver.LookupIPAddr(ctx, "myip.opendns.com")
}