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Next in our series of Python modules you should know is IPy. This package is used to manipulate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in Python programs.

Home page

• https://github.com/haypo/python-ipy/

Use

The IP class allows a comfortable parsing and handling for most notations in use for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks. It was greatly inspired by RIPE's Perl module NET::IP's interface but doesn't share the implementation.

Installation

pip install IPy

Usage

Print IP addresses in an IP range

from IPy import IP
network = IP('192.168.0.0/30')
for ip in network:
    print ip

Output:

192.168.0.0
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3

Generate Reverse names for reverse lookup/PTR records

from IPy import IP
network = IP('192.168.0.0/30')
for ip in network:
    print ip.reverseName()

from IPy import IP
network = IP('192.168.0.0/30').reverseNames()
for ip in network:
    print ip

Output:

0.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
1.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
2.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
3.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.

Check IP version:

from IPy import IP
print IP('192.168.0.0/30').version()
print IP('::1').version()

Output:

4
6

Get network prefixes

from IPy import IP
print IP('192.168.0.0/30')
print IP('192.168.0.0/255.255.255.252')
print IP('192.168.0.0-192.168.0.3)

Output:

192.168.0.0/30
192.168.0.0/30
192.168.0.0/30

Get the broadcast address

from IPy import IP
print IP('192.168.0.0/30').broadcast()

Output:

192.168.0.3

Get the network mask

from IPy import IP
print IP('192.168.0.0/30').netmask()

Output:

255.255.255.252

Check if an IP address is within a network

from IPy import IP
'192.168.0.1' in IP('192.168.0.0/30')

Check a network type LOOPBACK, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, RESERVED

from IPy import IP
print IP('192.168.0.1').iptype()

Output:

PRIVATE

And there is more

There is more that can be done using this package please refer to the documentation or run.

import IPy
help(IPy)