Merge pull request #184 from projectdiscovery/feat-my-ip

Using aws endpoint to retrieve public ip

ip/iputil.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
  "net/http"
  "strconv"
  "strings"
+ "time"
 
  "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/consts"
  osutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/os"
@@ -264,9 +265,10 @@ func AsIPV6CIDR(IPV6 string) string {
 }
 
 // WhatsMyIP attempts to obtain the external ip through public api
-// Copied from https://github.com/projectdiscovery/naabu/blob/master/v2/pkg/scan/externalip.go
 func WhatsMyIP() (string, error) {
- req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "https://api.ipify.org?format=text", nil)
+ ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
+ defer cancel()
+ req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, "https://checkip.amazonaws.com/", nil)
  if err != nil {
  return "", nil
  }