NetInsight

NetInsight provides simple and structured network insights via a REST API. It exposes useful system and network information in a JSON format, making it extensible, container-ready, and easy to integrate.

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Features

• Retrieve local network interface IPs
• Retrieve public IP address
• Structured JSON responses
• Container-ready setup
• Designed for incremental feature additions

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API

Get Network IP Information

Returns all local interface IPs that are up and the public IP address.

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/network/ip

Response

When network interfaces are up

{
  "localIps": {
    "wlan0": {
      "ipv4": "10.10.43.221",
      "ipv6": "fe80:0:0:0:2b7a:ad03:a5c9:2cfc"
    },
    "eth0": {
      "ipv4": "10.10.100.61",
      "ipv6": "fe80:0:0:0:f639:9ff:fee2:7339"
    }
  },
  "publicIp": {
    "ipv4": "41.x.x.x",
    "ipv6": "not configured by ISP"
  },
  "status": "SUCCESS",
  "message": "IP information retrieved successfully."
}

When at least a single network interfaces is up

{
    "localIp": {
        "eth0": {
            "ipv4": "10.10.100.61",
            "ipv6": "fe80:0:0:0:f639:9ff:fee2:7339"
        }
    },
    "publicIp": {
        "ipv4": "41.x.x.x",
        "ipv6": "not configured by ISP"
    },
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "IP information retrieved successfully."
}

{
    "localIp": {
        "wlan0": {
            "ipv4": "10.10.43.221",
            "ipv6": "fe80:0:0:0:2b7a:ad03:a5c9:2cfc"
        }
    },
    "publicIp": {
        "ipv4": "41.x.x.x",
        "ipv6": "not configured by ISP"
    },
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "IP information retrieved successfully."
}

When network interfaces are down

{
  "localIp": {},
  "publicIp": {},
  "status": "ERROR",
  "message": "Failed to retrieve any IP information."
}

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Get bandwidth information

Returns the bandwidth information for the active network interface

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/network/bandwidth

Response

When network interfaces are up

{
    "interfaceName": "eth0",
    "uploadSpeedMbps": 0.1310267430754537,
    "downloadRateMbps": 2.9950300859598857,
    "totalSentMB": 229.38504123687744,
    "totalReceivedMB": 1729.1104316711426,
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "Active network interface detected: eth0"
}

When network interfaces are down

{
    "uploadSpeedMbps": 0.0,
    "downloadRateMbps": 0.0,
    "totalSentMB": 0.0,
    "totalReceivedMB": 0.0,
    "status": "ERROR",
    "message": "No active network interface detected"
}

Get interface statistics

Returns full snapshot of network interfaces

Later this endpoint will open doors for computing derived metrics like:

• packet loss %
• error rate
• drop rate
• utilization %
• uptime

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/network/interfaces

Response

When at least a single interface is up

{
    "interfaces": {
        "wlan0": {
            "name": "wlan0",
            "status": "UP",
            "macAddress": "38:BA:F8:70:73:8A",
            "mtu": 1500,
            "rxBytes": 206661403,
            "txBytes": 22447925,
            "rxPackets": 192381,
            "txPackets": 61474,
            "rxErrors": 0,
            "txErrors": 0,
            "rxDropped": 567,
            "txDropped": 12
        },
        "eth0": {
            "name": "eth0",
            "status": "UP",
            "macAddress": "F4:39:09:E2:73:39",
            "mtu": 1500,
            "rxBytes": 1028221913,
            "txBytes": 63772580,
            "rxPackets": 905546,
            "txPackets": 396908,
            "rxErrors": 0,
            "txErrors": 0,
            "rxDropped": 8137,
            "txDropped": 23
        }
    },
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "Interface Statistics received successfully."
}

When interfaces are down

{
    "interfaces": {},
    "status": "ERROR",
    "message": "No network interfaces detected."
}

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Project Structure

Coming soon… (Currently, the project is structured to support Gradle or Docker workflows.)

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Running NetInsight

Using Gradle

./gradlew bootRun

Using Docker

docker compose up --build

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Roadmap

• Network IP endpoint
• Bandwidth monitoring
• Interface statistics
• Device discovery
• Continuous monitoring
• Streaming metrics
• Integrations

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! You can feel free to check out CONTRIBUTION

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License

MIT LICENSE