getmac

Get the mac address of the current machine you are on

Will run anywhere that the underlying commands are present:

• On Windows, getmac is used

• On Unix/Linux/Mac, ifconfig is used if present, otherwise ip is used

Install

NPM

• Install: npm install --save getmac
• Executable: getmac-node
• Module: require('getmac')

Editions

This package is published with the following editions:

• getmac aliases getmac/index.js which uses Editions to automatically select the correct edition for the consumers environment
• getmac/source/index.coffee is Source + CoffeeScript + Require
• getmac/esnext/index.js is CoffeeScript Compiled + ESNext + Require
• getmac/es2015/index.js is CoffeeScript Compiled + ES2015 + Require

Older environments may need Babel's Polyfill or something similar.

Usage

CLI

1. Install Globally: install -g getmac
2. Run with: getmac-node

API

// Fetch the computer's mac address
require('getmac').getMac(function(err, macAddress){
	if (err)  throw err
	console.log(macAddress)
})

// Fetch the computer's mac address for a specfici interace
require('getmac').getMac({iface: 'eth0'}, function(err, macAddress){
	if (err)  throw err
	console.log(macAddress)
})

// Validate that an address is a mac address
if ( require('getmac').isMac("e4:ce:8f:5b:a7:fc") ) {
	console.log('valid mac')
}
else {
	console.log('invalid mac')
}

History

Discover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.

Contribute

Discover how you can contribute by heading on over to the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Backers

Maintainers

These amazing people are maintaining this project:

• Benjamin Lupton — view contributions

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Contributors

These amazing people have contributed code to this project:

• Benjamin Lupton — view contributions
• Stephen Brown II — view contributions
• ted shroyer — view contributions

Discover how you can contribute by heading on over to the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

License

Unless stated otherwise all works are:

• Copyright © 2013+ Bevry Pty Ltd

and licensed under:

• MIT License