The recipe takes the interface's name from the command line and passes it to the get_interface_status() function. This function finds the IP address of that interface by manipulating a UDP socket object.

This recipe needs the Nmap third-party module. We can install that PyPI using the pip install command. The Nmap scanning instance, nm, has been created by calling PortScanner(). An initial scan to a local IP address gives us the status of the associated network interface.