macAddress.ts

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import { networkInterfaces } from 'os';

const invalidMacAddresses = new Set([
	'00:00:00:00:00:00',
	'ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff',
	'ac:de:48:00:11:22'
]);

function validateMacAddress(candidate: string): boolean {
	const tempCandidate = candidate.replace(/\-/g, ':').toLowerCase();
	return !invalidMacAddresses.has(tempCandidate);
}

export function getMac(): Promise<string> {
	return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
		const timeout = setTimeout(() => reject('Unable to retrieve mac address (timeout after 10s)'), 10000);

		try {
			resolve(await doGetMac());
		} catch (error) {
			reject(error);
		} finally {
			clearTimeout(timeout);
		}
	});
}

function doGetMac(): Promise<string> {
	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
		try {
			const ifaces = networkInterfaces();
			for (const [, infos] of Object.entries(ifaces)) {
				for (const info of infos) {
					if (validateMacAddress(info.mac)) {
						return resolve(info.mac);
					}
				}
			}

			reject('Unable to retrieve mac address (unexpected format)');
		} catch (err) {
			reject(err);
		}
	});
}