Update app.py

app.py

@@ -37,19 +37,18 @@ with demo:
                 team for generously sharing their code and best 
                 practices, ensuring that AI Developers have a valuable and enjoyable tool at their disposal.""")
 
-    def get_host_ip():
+
+    def get_public_ip():
         try:
-            # Create a socket connection to a public DNS server
-            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-            s.connect(("8.8.8.8", 80))  # Google's public DNS server
-            IP = s.getsockname()[0]
-            s.close()
+            response = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org')
+            public_ip = response.text
+            return public_ip
         except Exception as e:
-            IP = "Unable to obtain IP: " + str(e)
-        return IP
+            return f"Error: {str(e)}"
+    
+    public_ip = get_public_ip()
 
-    server_ip = get_host_ip()
-    gr.Markdown(f"ip: {server_ip}")
+    gr.Markdown(f"ip: {public_ip}")
     
     with gr.Accordion("Chat with Top Models on the Leaderboard Here 💬", open=False):
        # import pdb