If curl is not installed, wget can fetch the same IP endpoint. Output is raw JSON you can pipe to jq.
wget is common on minimal Linux images. For HTTP method testing and headers, curl is more flexible — use RookCurl online when neither is installed.
Check Public IP via wget exists to print the public IP with wget when curl is not installed. It is not a second copy of the tool homepage. The homepage introduces the whole product. This page stays on one job so a search for that job lands on instructions you can follow without hunting through other tabs. Read the result on this page against the input you actually used. A screenshot without the input is not evidence. If the result surprises you, change one thing and run it again before you change your VPN, browser, or server config.
Work through Check Public IP via wget in order. 1. Copy the wget command. 2. Run it in a terminal. 3. Read the body, not only the progress meter. 4. Compare with the browser IP check. Write down the input and the output together. When you ask someone for help, send both. Repeat the same input once. A stable tool returns the same answer. If it does not, the input changed or the page is talking to a different network path than you think.
wget may save a file instead of printing if the flags are wrong. Use the flags on the page. It still does not test WebRTC. Some minimal containers have neither curl nor wget. Treat the output as a measurement, then decide. RookVPN does not log the contents of a client-side tool, and a measurement is not a promise that every other app on the device behaves the same way. Compare a second path when the decision matters: a terminal command, another browser, or the matching guide linked below.
Example: wget -qO- against the IP endpoint prints the address and does not leave ip.address on disk. If a file appeared, the output flag was dropped. Delete the file if it contains an address you did not want saved, and rerun with the page's flags.
After you finish Check Public IP via wget, open the curl example when both clients exist and you want one habit if the next question is different from the one this page answers. Stay here if you are still on the same job. Extra pages help only when they answer a new question, such as a different algorithm, a different leak channel, or a different file type. The documentation link on this page is the long form of the same workflow, including the checks that do not fit in the tool UI.
wget is a command-line tool for downloading files and querying HTTP endpoints on Linux and macOS. It is commonly available on servers where curl is not installed.
wget is primarily a downloader; curl is a more flexible HTTP client supporting more methods, headers, and output options. For API testing, curl is generally more suitable.
Some images ship wget and not curl.
Without -qO- wget writes a file. Use the command as printed.
It uses whatever route the terminal has.