An 'ipify.org' based public IP resolution code in Python

public_ip_resolver.py

import http.client as http


def resolve_my_public_ip(timeout_sec=1.0):
    print("Trying to resolve public IP...")
    conn = http.HTTPSConnection(
        host='api.ipify.org',
        port=None,
        timeout=timeout_sec,
    )

    response = None
    try:
        conn.request(
            method='GET',
            url='',
            headers={'Accept': 'text/plain'}
        )
        response = conn.getresponse()
        if response.status == 200:
            print("Public IP resolved successfully.")
            return response.read().decode('UTF-8').strip()
        else:
            return None
    finally:
        if response is not None:
            response.close()

        conn.close()

        
if __name__ == '__main__':
    print('Your public IP is: {ip}'.format(ip=resolve_my_public_ip()))