alienus-external-ip (bitbar bash script)

#!/bin/bash

# <bitbar.title>alienus-external-ip</bitbar.title>
# <bitbar.desc>Gets your current external IP address. Uses ipify.org public API to do so.</bitbar.desc>
# <bitbar.author>Patrik Alienus</bitbar.author>
# <bitbar.author.github>patrikalienus</bitbar.author.github>

# Forked from https://github.com/matryer/bitbar-plugins/blob/master/Network/external-ip.1h.sh
# which does not work with VPNs, but this one does because it's uing the ipify.org API instead of a dig.
# Also changed slightly in the output to suit my minimalist tastes.

PUBLIC_IP=$(curl -s https://api.ipify.org)

if [ "$1" = "copy" ]; then
  # Copy the IP to clipboard
  echo -n "$PUBLIC_IP" | pbcopy
fi

echo "Public IP: $PUBLIC_IP"
echo "---"
echo "Copy $PUBLIC_IP | terminal=false bash='$0' param1=copy"