How to get your current IPv6 address using wget

Use

wget -qO- https://ipv6.techoverflow.net/api/get-my-ip

which uses the TechOverflow get-my-ip API.

Example:

$ wget -qO- https://ipv6.techoverflow.net/api/get-my-ip
2003:ea:70a:d600:ee98:42ca:b0bb:ac75

If your computer does not have IPv6 connectivity enabled, you will not see any output.

Prefer a JSON response?

Use https://ipv6.techoverflow.net/api/get-my-ip-json instead:

wget -qO- https://ipv6.techoverflow.net/api/get-my-ip-json

Example:

$ wget -qO- https://ipv6.techoverflow.net/api/get-my-ip-json
{"ip": "2003:ea:70a:d600:ee98:42ca:b0bb:ac75"}