pytoolbox.network.ip module

pytoolbox.network.ip.ip_address(address)

Take an IP string/int and return an object of the correct type.

Args:

address: A string or integer, the IP address. Either IPv4 or

IPv6 addresses may be supplied; integers less than 2**32 will be considered to be IPv4 by default.

Returns:

An IPv4Address or IPv6Address object.

Raises:

ValueError: if the address passed isn’t either a v4 or a v6

address

pytoolbox.network.ip.IPSocket(socket)

This helper create a dictionary containing address and port from a parsed IP address string. Throws InvalidIPSocketError in case of failure.

Example usage

>>> IPSocket('gaga:gogo')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
pytoolbox.exceptions.InvalidIPSocketError: gaga:gogo is not a valid IP socket.
>>>
>>> from pytoolbox.unittest import asserts
>>> asserts.dict_equal(
...     IPSocket('239.232.0.222:5004'),
...     {'ip': '239.232.0.222', 'port': 5004})

Warning

TODO IPv6 ready : >>> IPSocket(‘[2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042]:8329’)