Is the http request to api.ipify.org crucial?

[fredflix 31]

I'm running Emby on a remote server that only has ipv6.
While some plugins don't work (tvdb, fanart, etc...) because their api only resolves to ipv4, Emby itself works fine.
I use TMDB (they support ipv6) as the sole metadata and image provider and its all good.

Anyways, in the logs, I notice this error that keeps coming up:

System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: Network is unreachable (api.ipify.org:443)

api.ipify.org only resolves to ipv4 address, so it doesn't work, but they do provide ipv6 on api64.ipify.org

So my question: is the get request to api.ipify.org crucial to the functioning of Emby? If yes, maybe implement a way to detect if the Emby host server is ipv6 only and then use api64.ipify.org instead?

[Luke 42078]

HI, it's what the server uses to determine it's remote ip address so that it can report this information to Emby apps. We can add their api64 version as a fallback. Thanks.