package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" "os" "github.com/pkg/errors" "github.com/urfave/cli" ) func main() { app := cli.NewApp() app.Name = "update-dns" app.Usage = "update dnsimple with public ip address" app.Action = action app.Flags = []cli.Flag{ cli.StringFlag{ Name: "url", Value: "https://whatismyipv6.buddy.wtf/json", Usage: "url to use to get public ip address", }, } app.Run(os.Args) } func action(context *cli.Context) error { result, err := getIP(context.String("url")) if err != nil { return errors.Wrap(err, "could not get IP address") } fmt.Println(result.IP) return nil } type whatIsMyIPResult struct { IP string `json:ip` Version string `json:version` } func getIP(url string) (*whatIsMyIPResult, error) { result, err := http.Get(url) if err != nil { return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get url "+url) } defer result.Body.Close() ipResult := &whatIsMyIPResult{} if err := json.NewDecoder(result.Body).Decode(ipResult); err != nil { return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could parse json from url "+url) } return ipResult, nil }