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"ipaddress" — IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library
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**Source code:** Lib/ipaddress.py
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"ipaddress" provides the capabilities to create, manipulate and
operate on IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.
The functions and classes in this module make it straightforward to
handle various tasks related to IP addresses, including checking
whether or not two hosts are on the same subnet, iterating over all
hosts in a particular subnet, checking whether or not a string
represents a valid IP address or network definition, and so on.
This is the full module API reference—for an overview and
introduction, see An introduction to the ipaddress module.
New in version 3.3.
Convenience factory functions
=============================
The "ipaddress" module provides factory functions to conveniently
create IP addresses, networks and interfaces:
ipaddress.ip_address(address)
Return an "IPv4Address" or "IPv6Address" object depending on the IP
address passed as argument. Either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses may be
supplied; integers less than 2**32 will be considered to be IPv4 by
default. A "ValueError" is raised if *address* does not represent a
valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.
>>> ipaddress.ip_address('192.168.0.1')
IPv4Address('192.168.0.1')
>>> ipaddress.ip_address('2001:db8::')
IPv6Address('2001:db8::')
ipaddress.ip_network(address, strict=True)
Return an "IPv4Network" or "IPv6Network" object depending on the IP
address passed as argument. *address* is a string or integer
representing the IP network. Either IPv4 or IPv6 networks may be
supplied; integers less than 2**32 will be considered to be IPv4 by
default. *strict* is passed to "IPv4Network" or "IPv6Network"
constructor. A "ValueError" is raised if *address* does not
represent a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, or if the network has host
bits set.
>>> ipaddress.ip_network('192.168.0.0/28')
IPv4Network('192.168.0.0/28')
ipaddress.ip_interface(address)
Return an "IPv4Interface" or "IPv6Interface" object depending on
the IP address passed as argument. *address* is a string or
integer representing the IP address. Either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses
may be supplied; integers less than 2**32 will be considered to be
IPv4 by default. A "ValueError" is raised if *address* does not
represent a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.
One downside of these convenience functions is that the need to handle
both IPv4 and IPv6 formats means that error messages provide minimal
information on the precise error, as the functions don’t know whether
the IPv4 or IPv6 format was intended. More detailed error reporting
can be obtained by calling the appropriate version specific class
constructors directly.
IP Addresses
============
Address objects
---------------
The "IPv4Address" and "IPv6Address" objects share a lot of common
attributes. Some attributes that are only meaningful for IPv6
addresses are also implemented by "IPv4Address" objects, in order to
make it easier to write code that handles both IP versions correctly.
Address objects are *hashable*, so they can be used as keys in
dictionaries.
class ipaddress.IPv4Address(address)
Construct an IPv4 address. An "AddressValueError" is raised if
*address* is not a valid IPv4 address.
The following constitutes a valid IPv4 address:
1. A string in decimal-dot notation, consisting of four decimal
integers in the inclusive range 0–255, separated by dots (e.g.
"192.168.0.1"). Each integer represents an octet (byte) in the
address. Leading zeroes are tolerated only for values less than
8 (as there is no ambiguity between the decimal and octal
interpretations of such strings).
2. An integer that fits into 32 bits.
3. An integer packed into a "bytes" object of length 4 (most
significant octet first).
>>> ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.168.0.1')
IPv4Address('192.168.0.1')
>>> ipaddress.IPv4Address(3232235521)
IPv4Address('192.168.0.1')
>>> ipaddress.IPv4Address(b'\xC0\xA8\x00\x01')
IPv4Address('192.168.0.1')
version
The appropriate version number: "4" for IPv4, "6" for IPv6.
max_prefixlen
The total number of bits in the address representation for this
version: "32" for IPv4, "128" for IPv6.
The prefix defines the number of leading bits in an address
that are compared to determine whether or not an address is part
of a network.
compressed
exploded
The string representation in dotted decimal notation. Leading
zeroes are never included in the representation.
As IPv4 does not define a shorthand notation for addresses with
octets set to zero, these two attributes are always the same as
"str(addr)" for IPv4 addresses. Exposing these attributes makes
it easier to write display code that can handle both IPv4 and
IPv6 addresses.
packed
The binary representation of this address - a "bytes" object of
the appropriate length (most significant octet first). This is 4
bytes for IPv4 and 16 bytes for IPv6.
reverse_pointer
The name of the reverse DNS PTR record for the IP address, e.g.:
>>> ipaddress.ip_address("127.0.0.1").reverse_pointer
'1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa'
>>> ipaddress.ip_address("2001:db8::1").reverse_pointer
'1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa'
This is the name that could be used for performing a PTR lookup,
not the resolved hostname itself.
New in version 3.5.
is_multicast
"True" if the address is reserved for multicast use. See **RFC
3171** (for IPv4) or **RFC 2373** (for IPv6).
is_private
"True" if the address is allocated for private networks. See
iana-ipv4-special-registry (for IPv4) or iana-ipv6-special-
registry (for IPv6).
is_global
"True" if the address is allocated for public networks. See
iana-ipv4-special-registry (for IPv4) or iana-ipv6-special-
registry (for IPv6).
New in version 3.4.
is_unspecified
"True" if the address is unspecified. See **RFC 5735** (for
IPv4) or **RFC 2373** (for IPv6).
is_reserved
"True" if the address is otherwise IETF reserved.
is_loopback
"True" if this is a loopback address. See **RFC 3330** (for
IPv4) or **RFC 2373** (for IPv6).
is_link_local
"True" if the address is reserved for link-local usage. See
**RFC 3927**.
class ipaddress.IPv6Address(address)
Construct an IPv6 address. An "AddressValueError" is raised if
*address* is not a valid IPv6 address.
The following constitutes a valid IPv6 address:
1. A string consisting of eight groups of four hexadecimal
digits, each group representing 16 bits. The groups are
separated by colons. This describes an *exploded* (longhand)
notation. The string can also be *compressed* (shorthand
notation) by various means. See **RFC 4291** for details. For
example, ""0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0abc:0007:0def"" can be
compressed to ""::abc:7:def"".
2. An integer that fits into 128 bits.
3. An integer packed into a "bytes" object of length 16, big-
endian.
>>> ipaddress.IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
compressed
The short form of the address representation, with leading zeroes
in groups omitted and the longest sequence of groups consisting
entirely of zeroes collapsed to a single empty group.
This is also the value returned by "str(addr)" for IPv6 addresses.
exploded
The long form of the address representation, with all leading
zeroes and groups consisting entirely of zeroes included.
For the following attributes, see the corresponding documentation
of the "IPv4Address" class:
packed
reverse_pointer
version
max_prefixlen
is_multicast
is_private
is_global
is_unspecified
is_reserved
is_loopback
is_link_local
New in version 3.4: is_global
is_site_local
"True" if the address is reserved for site-local usage. Note
that the site-local address space has been deprecated by **RFC
3879**. Use "is_private" to test if this address is in the space
of unique local addresses as defined by **RFC 4193**.
ipv4_mapped
For addresses that appear to be IPv4 mapped addresses (starting
with "::FFFF/96"), this property will report the embedded IPv4
address. For any other address, this property will be "None".
sixtofour
For addresses that appear to be 6to4 addresses (starting with
"2002::/16") as defined by **RFC 3056**, this property will
report the embedded IPv4 address. For any other address, this
property will be "None".
teredo
For addresses that appear to be Teredo addresses (starting with
"2001::/32") as defined by **RFC 4380**, this property will
report the embedded "(server, client)" IP address pair. For any
other address, this property will be "None".
Conversion to Strings and Integers
----------------------------------
To interoperate with networking interfaces such as the socket module,
addresses must be converted to strings or integers. This is handled
using the "str()" and "int()" builtin functions:
>>> str(ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.168.0.1'))
'192.168.0.1'
>>> int(ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.168.0.1'))
3232235521
>>> str(ipaddress.IPv6Address('::1'))
'::1'
>>> int(ipaddress.IPv6Address('::1'))
1
Operators
---------
Address objects support some operators. Unless stated otherwise,
operators can only be applied between compatible objects (i.e. IPv4
with IPv4, IPv6 with IPv6).
Comparison operators
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Address objects can be compared with the usual set of comparison
operators. Some examples:
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') > IPv4Address('127.0.0.1')
True
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') == IPv4Address('127.0.0.1')
False
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') != IPv4Address('127.0.0.1')
True
Arithmetic operators
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Integers can be added to or subtracted from address objects. Some
examples:
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') + 3
IPv4Address('127.0.0.5')
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') - 3
IPv4Address('126.255.255.255')
>>> IPv4Address('255.255.255.255') + 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ipaddress.AddressValueError: 4294967296 (>= 2**32) is not permitted as an IPv4 address
IP Network definitions
======================
The "IPv4Network" and "IPv6Network" objects provide a mechanism for
defining and inspecting IP network definitions. A network definition
consists of a *mask* and a *network address*, and as such defines a
range of IP addresses that equal the network address when masked
(binary AND) with the mask. For example, a network definition with
the mask "255.255.255.0" and the network address "192.168.1.0"
consists of IP addresses in the inclusive range "192.168.1.0" to
"192.168.1.255".
Prefix, net mask and host mask
------------------------------
There are several equivalent ways to specify IP network masks. A
*prefix* "/<nbits>" is a notation that denotes how many high-order
bits are set in the network mask. A *net mask* is an IP address with
some number of high-order bits set. Thus the prefix "/24" is
equivalent to the net mask "255.255.255.0" in IPv4, or "ffff:ff00::"
in IPv6. In addition, a *host mask* is the logical inverse of a *net
mask*, and is sometimes used (for example in Cisco access control
lists) to denote a network mask. The host mask equivalent to "/24" in
IPv4 is "0.0.0.255".
Network objects
---------------
All attributes implemented by address objects are implemented by
network objects as well. In addition, network objects implement
additional attributes. All of these are common between "IPv4Network"
and "IPv6Network", so to avoid duplication they are only documented
for "IPv4Network". Network objects are *hashable*, so they can be used
as keys in dictionaries.
class ipaddress.IPv4Network(address, strict=True)
Construct an IPv4 network definition. *address* can be one of the
following:
1. A string consisting of an IP address and an optional mask,
separated by a slash ("/"). The IP address is the network
address, and the mask can be either a single number, which means
it’s a *prefix*, or a string representation of an IPv4 address.
If it’s the latter, the mask is interpreted as a *net mask* if
it starts with a non-zero field, or as a *host mask* if it
starts with a zero field, with the single exception of an all-
zero mask which is treated as a *net mask*. If no mask is
provided, it’s considered to be "/32".
For example, the following *address* specifications are
equivalent: "192.168.1.0/24", "192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0" and
"192.168.1.0/0.0.0.255".
2. An integer that fits into 32 bits. This is equivalent to a
single-address network, with the network address being *address*
and the mask being "/32".
3. An integer packed into a "bytes" object of length 4, big-
endian. The interpretation is similar to an integer *address*.
4. A two-tuple of an address description and a netmask, where
the address description is either a string, a 32-bits integer, a
4-bytes packed integer, or an existing IPv4Address object; and
the netmask is either an integer representing the prefix length
(e.g. "24") or a string representing the prefix mask (e.g.
"255.255.255.0").
An "AddressValueError" is raised if *address* is not a valid IPv4
address. A "NetmaskValueError" is raised if the mask is not valid
for an IPv4 address.
If *strict* is "True" and host bits are set in the supplied
address, then "ValueError" is raised. Otherwise, the host bits are
masked out to determine the appropriate network address.
Unless stated otherwise, all network methods accepting other
network/address objects will raise "TypeError" if the argument’s IP
version is incompatible to "self".
Changed in version 3.5: Added the two-tuple form for the *address*
constructor parameter.
version
max_prefixlen
Refer to the corresponding attribute documentation in
"IPv4Address".
is_multicast
is_private
is_unspecified
is_reserved
is_loopback
is_link_local
These attributes are true for the network as a whole if they are
true for both the network address and the broadcast address.
network_address
The network address for the network. The network address and the
prefix length together uniquely define a network.
broadcast_address
The broadcast address for the network. Packets sent to the
broadcast address should be received by every host on the
network.
hostmask
The host mask, as an "IPv4Address" object.
netmask
The net mask, as an "IPv4Address" object.
with_prefixlen
compressed
exploded
A string representation of the network, with the mask in prefix
notation.
"with_prefixlen" and "compressed" are always the same as
"str(network)". "exploded" uses the exploded form the network
address.
with_netmask
A string representation of the network, with the mask in net
mask notation.
with_hostmask
A string representation of the network, with the mask in host
mask notation.
num_addresses
The total number of addresses in the network.
prefixlen
Length of the network prefix, in bits.
hosts()
Returns an iterator over the usable hosts in the network. The
usable hosts are all the IP addresses that belong to the
network, except the network address itself and the network
broadcast address. For networks with a mask length of 31, the
network address and network broadcast address are also included
in the result.
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/29').hosts()) #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
[IPv4Address('192.0.2.1'), IPv4Address('192.0.2.2'),
IPv4Address('192.0.2.3'), IPv4Address('192.0.2.4'),
IPv4Address('192.0.2.5'), IPv4Address('192.0.2.6')]
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/31').hosts())
[IPv4Address('192.0.2.0'), IPv4Address('192.0.2.1')]
overlaps(other)
"True" if this network is partly or wholly contained in *other*
or *other* is wholly contained in this network.
address_exclude(network)
Computes the network definitions resulting from removing the
given *network* from this one. Returns an iterator of network
objects. Raises "ValueError" if *network* is not completely
contained in this network.
>>> n1 = ip_network('192.0.2.0/28')
>>> n2 = ip_network('192.0.2.1/32')
>>> list(n1.address_exclude(n2)) #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.8/29'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.4/30'),
IPv4Network('192.0.2.2/31'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/32')]
subnets(prefixlen_diff=1, new_prefix=None)
The subnets that join to make the current network definition,
depending on the argument values. *prefixlen_diff* is the
amount our prefix length should be increased by. *new_prefix*
is the desired new prefix of the subnets; it must be larger than
our prefix. One and only one of *prefixlen_diff* and
*new_prefix* must be set. Returns an iterator of network
objects.
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').subnets())
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/25'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.128/25')]
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').subnets(prefixlen_diff=2)) #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/26'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.64/26'),
IPv4Network('192.0.2.128/26'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.192/26')]
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').subnets(new_prefix=26)) #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/26'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.64/26'),
IPv4Network('192.0.2.128/26'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.192/26')]
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').subnets(new_prefix=23))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
raise ValueError('new prefix must be longer')
ValueError: new prefix must be longer
>>> list(ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').subnets(new_prefix=25))
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/25'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.128/25')]
supernet(prefixlen_diff=1, new_prefix=None)
The supernet containing this network definition, depending on
the argument values. *prefixlen_diff* is the amount our prefix
length should be decreased by. *new_prefix* is the desired new
prefix of the supernet; it must be smaller than our prefix. One
and only one of *prefixlen_diff* and *new_prefix* must be set.
Returns a single network object.
>>> ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').supernet()
IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/23')
>>> ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').supernet(prefixlen_diff=2)
IPv4Network('192.0.0.0/22')
>>> ip_network('192.0.2.0/24').supernet(new_prefix=20)
IPv4Network('192.0.0.0/20')
compare_networks(other)
Compare this network to *other*. In this comparison only the
network addresses are considered; host bits aren’t. Returns
either "-1", "0" or "1".
>>> ip_network('192.0.2.1/32').compare_networks(ip_network('192.0.2.2/32'))
-1
>>> ip_network('192.0.2.1/32').compare_networks(ip_network('192.0.2.0/32'))
1
>>> ip_network('192.0.2.1/32').compare_networks(ip_network('192.0.2.1/32'))
0
class ipaddress.IPv6Network(address, strict=True)
Construct an IPv6 network definition. *address* can be one of the
following:
1. A string consisting of an IP address and an optional prefix
length, separated by a slash ("/"). The IP address is the
network address, and the prefix length must be a single number,
the *prefix*. If no prefix length is provided, it’s considered
to be "/128".
Note that currently expanded netmasks are not supported. That
means "2001:db00::0/24" is a valid argument while
"2001:db00::0/ffff:ff00::" not.
2. An integer that fits into 128 bits. This is equivalent to a
single-address network, with the network address being *address*
and the mask being "/128".
3. An integer packed into a "bytes" object of length 16, big-
endian. The interpretation is similar to an integer *address*.
4. A two-tuple of an address description and a netmask, where
the address description is either a string, a 128-bits integer,
a 16-bytes packed integer, or an existing IPv6Address object;
and the netmask is an integer representing the prefix length.
An "AddressValueError" is raised if *address* is not a valid IPv6
address. A "NetmaskValueError" is raised if the mask is not valid
for an IPv6 address.
If *strict* is "True" and host bits are set in the supplied
address, then "ValueError" is raised. Otherwise, the host bits are
masked out to determine the appropriate network address.
Changed in version 3.5: Added the two-tuple form for the *address*
constructor parameter.
version
max_prefixlen
is_multicast
is_private
is_unspecified
is_reserved
is_loopback
is_link_local
network_address
broadcast_address
hostmask
netmask
with_prefixlen
compressed
exploded
with_netmask
with_hostmask
num_addresses
prefixlen
hosts()
Returns an iterator over the usable hosts in the network. The
usable hosts are all the IP addresses that belong to the
network, except the Subnet-Router anycast address. For networks
with a mask length of 127, the Subnet-Router anycast address is
also included in the result.
overlaps(other)
address_exclude(network)
subnets(prefixlen_diff=1, new_prefix=None)
supernet(prefixlen_diff=1, new_prefix=None)
compare_networks(other)
Refer to the corresponding attribute documentation in
"IPv4Network".
is_site_local
These attribute is true for the network as a whole if it is true
for both the network address and the broadcast address.
Operators
---------
Network objects support some operators. Unless stated otherwise,
operators can only be applied between compatible objects (i.e. IPv4
with IPv4, IPv6 with IPv6).
Logical operators
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Network objects can be compared with the usual set of logical
operators. Network objects are ordered first by network address, then
by net mask.
Iteration
~~~~~~~~~
Network objects can be iterated to list all the addresses belonging to
the network. For iteration, *all* hosts are returned, including
unusable hosts (for usable hosts, use the "hosts()" method). An
example:
>>> for addr in IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/28'):
... addr
...
IPv4Address('192.0.2.0')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.1')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.2')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.3')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.4')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.5')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.6')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.7')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.8')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.9')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.10')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.11')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.12')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.13')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.14')
IPv4Address('192.0.2.15')
Networks as containers of addresses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Network objects can act as containers of addresses. Some examples:
>>> IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/28')[0]
IPv4Address('192.0.2.0')
>>> IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/28')[15]
IPv4Address('192.0.2.15')
>>> IPv4Address('192.0.2.6') in IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/28')
True
>>> IPv4Address('192.0.3.6') in IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/28')
False
Interface objects
=================
Interface objects are *hashable*, so they can be used as keys in
dictionaries.
class ipaddress.IPv4Interface(address)
Construct an IPv4 interface. The meaning of *address* is as in the
constructor of "IPv4Network", except that arbitrary host addresses
are always accepted.
"IPv4Interface" is a subclass of "IPv4Address", so it inherits all
the attributes from that class. In addition, the following
attributes are available:
ip
The address ("IPv4Address") without network information.
>>> interface = IPv4Interface('192.0.2.5/24')
>>> interface.ip
IPv4Address('192.0.2.5')
network
The network ("IPv4Network") this interface belongs to.
>>> interface = IPv4Interface('192.0.2.5/24')
>>> interface.network
IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/24')
with_prefixlen
A string representation of the interface with the mask in prefix
notation.
>>> interface = IPv4Interface('192.0.2.5/24')
>>> interface.with_prefixlen
'192.0.2.5/24'
with_netmask
A string representation of the interface with the network as a
net mask.
>>> interface = IPv4Interface('192.0.2.5/24')
>>> interface.with_netmask
'192.0.2.5/255.255.255.0'
with_hostmask
A string representation of the interface with the network as a
host mask.
>>> interface = IPv4Interface('192.0.2.5/24')
>>> interface.with_hostmask
'192.0.2.5/0.0.0.255'
class ipaddress.IPv6Interface(address)
Construct an IPv6 interface. The meaning of *address* is as in the
constructor of "IPv6Network", except that arbitrary host addresses
are always accepted.
"IPv6Interface" is a subclass of "IPv6Address", so it inherits all
the attributes from that class. In addition, the following
attributes are available:
ip
network
with_prefixlen
with_netmask
with_hostmask
Refer to the corresponding attribute documentation in
"IPv4Interface".
Operators
---------
Interface objects support some operators. Unless stated otherwise,
operators can only be applied between compatible objects (i.e. IPv4
with IPv4, IPv6 with IPv6).
Logical operators
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Interface objects can be compared with the usual set of logical
operators.
For equality comparison ("==" and "!="), both the IP address and
network must be the same for the objects to be equal. An interface
will not compare equal to any address or network object.
For ordering ("<", ">", etc) the rules are different. Interface and
address objects with the same IP version can be compared, and the
address objects will always sort before the interface objects. Two
interface objects are first compared by their networks and, if those
are the same, then by their IP addresses.
Other Module Level Functions
============================
The module also provides the following module level functions:
ipaddress.v4_int_to_packed(address)
Represent an address as 4 packed bytes in network (big-endian)
order. *address* is an integer representation of an IPv4 IP
address. A "ValueError" is raised if the integer is negative or
too large to be an IPv4 IP address.
>>> ipaddress.ip_address(3221225985)
IPv4Address('192.0.2.1')
>>> ipaddress.v4_int_to_packed(3221225985)
b'\xc0\x00\x02\x01'
ipaddress.v6_int_to_packed(address)
Represent an address as 16 packed bytes in network (big-endian)
order. *address* is an integer representation of an IPv6 IP
address. A "ValueError" is raised if the integer is negative or
too large to be an IPv6 IP address.
ipaddress.summarize_address_range(first, last)
Return an iterator of the summarized network range given the first
and last IP addresses. *first* is the first "IPv4Address" or
"IPv6Address" in the range and *last* is the last "IPv4Address" or
"IPv6Address" in the range. A "TypeError" is raised if *first* or
*last* are not IP addresses or are not of the same version. A
"ValueError" is raised if *last* is not greater than *first* or if
*first* address version is not 4 or 6.
>>> [ipaddr for ipaddr in ipaddress.summarize_address_range(
... ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.0.2.0'),
... ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.0.2.130'))]
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/25'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.128/31'), IPv4Network('192.0.2.130/32')]
ipaddress.collapse_addresses(addresses)
Return an iterator of the collapsed "IPv4Network" or "IPv6Network"
objects. *addresses* is an iterator of "IPv4Network" or
"IPv6Network" objects. A "TypeError" is raised if *addresses*
contains mixed version objects.
>>> [ipaddr for ipaddr in
... ipaddress.collapse_addresses([ipaddress.IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/25'),
... ipaddress.IPv4Network('192.0.2.128/25')])]
[IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/24')]
ipaddress.get_mixed_type_key(obj)
Return a key suitable for sorting between networks and addresses.
Address and Network objects are not sortable by default; they’re
fundamentally different, so the expression:
IPv4Address('192.0.2.0') <= IPv4Network('192.0.2.0/24')
doesn’t make sense. There are some times however, where you may
wish to have "ipaddress" sort these anyway. If you need to do
this, you can use this function as the *key* argument to
"sorted()".
*obj* is either a network or address object.
Custom Exceptions
=================
To support more specific error reporting from class constructors, the
module defines the following exceptions:
exception ipaddress.AddressValueError(ValueError)
Any value error related to the address.
exception ipaddress.NetmaskValueError(ValueError)
Any value error related to the net mask.
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