Script to show current IP address on SenseHat

show_ip.py

from sense_hat import SenseHat
import socket

def get_ip():
    # overridden by /etc/hosts, so doesn't work for us
    #hosts_ips = [ip for ip in socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())[2] if not ip.startswith("127.")][:1]

    # try to connect to google
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    s.connect(('8.8.8.8', 53))
    ip = s.getsockname()[0]
    s.close()
    return ip

print("IP="+get_ip())
sense = SenseHat()
sense.show_message("IP: %s" % get_ip())