Source code: Lib/ipaddress.py
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.
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.
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:
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).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_reserved
True
if the address is otherwise IETF reserved.
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:
"0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0abc:0007:0def"
can be compressed to "::abc:7:def"
.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
.
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
Address objects support some operators. Unless stated otherwise, operators can only be applied between compatible objects (i.e. IPv4 with IPv4, IPv6 with IPv6).
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
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
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
.
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
.
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:
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
.
/32
. bytes
object of length 4, big-endian. The interpretation is similar to an integer address. 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()) [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)) [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)) [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)) [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')
subnet_of(other)
Returns True if this network is a subnet of other.
>>> a = ip_network('192.168.1.0/24') >>> b = ip_network('192.168.1.128/30') >>> b.subnet_of(a) True
New in version 3.7.
supernet_of(other)
Returns True if this network is a supernet of other.
>>> a = ip_network('192.168.1.0/24') >>> b = ip_network('192.168.1.128/30') >>> a.supernet_of(b) True
New in version 3.7.
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
Deprecated since version 3.7: It uses the same ordering and comparison algorithm as “<”, “==”, and “>”
class ipaddress.IPv6Network(address, strict=True)
Construct an IPv6 network definition. address can be one of the following:
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.
/128
. bytes
object of length 16, big-endian. The interpretation is similar to an integer address. 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)
subnet_of(other)
supernet_of(other)
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.
Network objects support some operators. Unless stated otherwise, operators can only be applied between compatible objects (i.e. IPv4 with IPv4, IPv6 with IPv6).
Network objects can be compared with the usual set of logical operators. Network objects are ordered first by network address, then by net mask.
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')
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 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
.
Interface objects support some operators. Unless stated otherwise, operators can only be applied between compatible objects (i.e. IPv4 with IPv4, IPv6 with IPv6).
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.
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.
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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