Public IP check plugin

[mihakralj]

Looking for a feedback on the plugin that I am putting together.

IPcheck pulls data from external API providers, self-verifying the exposure of WAN port:

• https://api.ipify.org?format=json - returns the visible IPv4 address
• https://api64.ipify.org?format=json - returns visible IPv6 address (if exists)
• https://vpnapi.io/api/ - returns basic verification: location, network, ISP, is_vpn, is_proxy, is_tor
  (works without API key for 100 requests per day; API key is free)
• https://ipqualityscore.com API - returns fraud score assessment of public IP address
  (requires API key - free for 5000 queries per month)
• post to https://api.ipblacklist.ai/checkIP with API key and IP address - provides info about blacklisting of provided IP
  (requires API key - free with registration, allows 1,000 daily requests)
• call to https://metrics.torproject.org/onionoo.html to check if IP address is listed in Tor directory
• call to Hetrixtools.com - or any other site that allows nmap port scanning from the outside
  (checking ICMP and any ports that look open)

A plugin page would let user enable/disable individual checks above (and provide API keys), would show the log of past checks.
A widget on the dashboard would show the lastest results

[mimugmail]

Nice idea! I'm in :)

[mihakralj]

Some progress here; Looking for ideas how to package this information to preserve real estate and add visual pizzaz... :-)

[mihakralj]

I have this prototype working and it takes about 10 seconds to load all tests when the widget loads - and I don't like that.
Questions:

• should the widget display results from the latest check performed - and not perform tests in real-time?
• How should we treat conflicting results? (one test returns true for VPN check and all the others return false)

[mimugmail]

If it takes 10 seconds it's not qualified to be a widget, better put the page in reporting like Speedtest and as a widget show the last results but with a note when they were taken?