Determines whether the specified IP address is the localhost.
isLocalhost(ipaddress)
→ returns boolean
localhost
isLocalHost("127.0.0.1")
Expected Result: true
Test the IPv6 Loopback address. IPv6 only has one loopback address.
isLocalHost("::1")
Expected Result: true
IPv4 network standards reserve the entire 127.0.0.0/8 address block for loopback networking purposes however they are not usually mapped to localhost
by default.
isLocalHost("127.8.8.8")
Expected Result: false
Not a localhost ip.
isLocalHost("8.8.8.8")
Expected Result: false