Return External IP via Ipify API python example

ExternalipIpyifyAPI.py

# returns your current public / external IP via querying API 
# Adapted from code ipify code samples: https://www.ipify.org/
# May need to install 'requests' manully via PIP etc, as 'requests' isn't install by default with python
# console clear method - avoids another import https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72105595/clearing-console-in-python

import requests

ip = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org').text
# clearing the console output
print("\033c", end='')
print('My public IP address is: {}'.format(ip))
print()