The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify service - how fix it?

[FetFrumos]

I using your packages in my flutter android app. Quite often I get this error:

Exception: The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify service. This is most likely due to a networking error of some sort.

This probably happens when the app is in the background. I am using this library - background_fetch .

This is my stack exception:

dart_ipify_base.dart in Ipify._send at line 160 within dart_ipify Called from: <asynchronous suspension> dart_ipify_base.dart in Ipify.ipv4 at line 54 within dart_ipify Called from: <asynchronous suspension> dart_ipify_base.dart in Ipify.geo at line 128 within dart_ipify Called from: <asynchronous suspension> app_geo.dart in AppGeo.getCountry at line 8 within myapp Called from: <asynchronous suspension> home_page.dart in _HomePageState.getCountry at line 99 within myapp Called from: <asynchronous suspension> home_page.dart in _HomePageState._onBackgroundFetch at line 111 within myapp

where can I find the cause of the error? how can I fix this error? any tips?

[mariusPeligourmet]

Same error here.

[guplem]

This error appeared to me using Flutter Web with a Parse server SDK calling a Cloud Function

[dipen-apptrait]

did anyone find a solution?

[Bujupah]

I am not able to reproduce this
@dipen-apptrait can you paste the stack trace error? probably will need dart/flutter versions

[guplem]

did anyone find a solution?

I figured out this was due to an AdBlock extension (uBlock Origin in my case) blocking the access (i suppose to avoid tracking of users).

I just had to assume that the user might have a way to hide the ip, so the app must be able to handle the error.

If I remember it correctly, surrounding the call with a try-catch should be enough.
But then you must ensure that the ip is not a requirement for the proper execution of your app. Something that, if I'm not wrong, might be even enforced by law in many countries.

[MuhammedKpln]

I've encountered this error today, it seems to be not reaching to the ipify.org. I've tried to establish a connection with native http module didn't get luck with that either. So i don't think it's package relatable. I've tried other services too that provides same functionality, nothing. Somehow it seems to be blocking from the iOS it self?

Edit: I was using a dns provider that block access to ipify.org, it works now as expected.

[Bujupah]

I am not facing any issue here...
Please check your firewalls, extensions, etc... or might be there was downtime at ipify server side

[HimaniTank95]

I got same error today. and some how it got resolved in 30 min. not sure how it was working but it seems issue is there