From 51824608865b66ab04b018f55055124edbe603f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abubakar Abid <abubakar@huggingface.co>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:30:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Patching `test_get_ip` attempt 2 (#2810)

* ip-patch-2

* formatting

* patch 2
---
 CHANGELOG.md       | 2 ++
 gradio/utils.py    | 5 ++++-
 test/test_utils.py | 1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da843145ce..d3fd63b51b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ No changes to highlight.
 
 ## Full Changelog:
 * Fixed typo in parameter `visible` in classes in `templates.py` by [@abidlabs](https://github.com/abidlabs) in [PR 2805](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/2805) 
+* Switched external service for getting IP address from `https://api.ipify.org` to `https://checkip.amazonaws.com/` by [@abidlabs](https://github.com/abidlabs) in [PR 2810](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/2810) 
+
 
 ## Contributors Shoutout:
 No changes to highlight.
diff --git a/gradio/utils.py b/gradio/utils.py
index 233eb53007..7ee00f686e 100644
--- a/gradio/utils.py
+++ b/gradio/utils.py
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ def version_check():
 
 
 def get_local_ip_address() -> str:
+    """Gets the public IP address or returns the string "No internet connection" if unable to obtain it."""
     try:
-        ip_address = requests.get("https://api.ipify.org", timeout=3).text
+        ip_address = requests.get(
+            "https://checkip.amazonaws.com/", timeout=3
+        ).text.strip()
     except (requests.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout):
         ip_address = "No internet connection"
     return ip_address
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index e04c6c8f88..581cd2d0fb 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class TestUtils:
 
 
 class TestIPAddress:
+    @pytest.mark.flaky
     def test_get_ip(self):
         ip = get_local_ip_address()
         if ip == "No internet connection":