cidrize 3.1.0
Cidrize parses IPv4/IPv6 addresses, CIDRs, ranges, and wildcard matches & attempts to return a valid list of IP addresses
Requires Python: >=3.10
Keywords: Networking, Systems, Administration, IANA, IEEE, CIDR, IP, IPv4, IPv6, Address, Firewalls, Security

# Cidrize

IP address parsing for humans.

Cidrize takes IP address inputs that people tend to use in practice, validates
them, and converts them to objects.

Intelligently parses IPv4/IPv6 addresses, CIDRs, ranges, and wildcard matches to
attempt return a valid list of IP addresses.

The `cidrize()` function does all the work trying to parse IP addresses correctly.

## Installation

You can install `cidrize` via Pip:

```console
pip install cidrize
```

## Dependencies

Cidrize is basically a thin veneer around [netaddr](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/netaddr/) to provide a human layer for parsing IP addresses.

## Usage

### Supported input formats

Input is very flexible and can be of any of the following formats:

```
192.0.2.18
192.0.20.64/26
192.0.2.80-192.0.2.85
192.0.2.170-175
192.0.2.8[0-5]
192.0.2.[5678]
```

Hyphenated ranges do not need to form a CIDR block but the starting number must
be of lower value than the end. The `netaddr` module does most of the heavy
lifting for us here.

### Unsupported formats

Network mask (e.g. 192.0.2.0 255.255.255.0) and host mask (aka reverse mask,
192.0.2.0 0.0.0.255) notation are not accepted at this time.

The cidrize function returns a list of consolidated `netaddr.IPNetwork`
objects. By default parsing exceptions will raise a `CidrizeError` (with
default argument of `raise_errors=True`). You may pass `raise_errors=False` to cause
exceptions to be stripped and the error text will be returned as a list. This
is intended for use with scripts or APIs where receiving exceptions would not
be preferred.

The module may also be run as a script for debugging purposes.

### The cidrize function

Fire up your trusty old Python interpreter and follow along!

```python
>>> from cidrize import cidrize
```

### Old-fashioned CIDR

```python
>>> cidrize("1.2.3.4")
[IPNetwork('1.2.3.4/32')]
```

### Hyphenated range (default, strict=False)

```python
>>> cidrize("2.4.6.8-2.4.6.80")
[IPNetwork('2.4.6.0/25')]
```

### Hyphenated range strict (strict=True)

```python
>>> cidrize("2.4.6.8-2.4.6.80", strict=True)
[IPNetwork('2.4.6.8/29'), IPNetwork('2.4.6.16/28'),
IPNetwork('2.4.6.32/27'), IPNetwork('2.4.6.64/28'),
IPNetwork('2.4.6.80/32')]
```

### Wildcard

You may provide wildcards using asterisks. This is limited to the 4th and final octet only:

```python
>>> cidrize("15.63.148.*")
[IPNetwork('15.63.148.0/24')]
```

### Bracketed range

```python
>>> cidrize("21.43.180.1[40-99]")
[IPNetwork('21.43.180.140/30'), IPNetwork('21.43.180.144/28'),
IPNetwork('21.43.180.160/27'), IPNetwork('21.43.180.192/29')]
```

### Bad!

Bad CIDR prefixes are rejected outright:

```python
>>> cidrize("1.2.3.38/40")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "cidrize.py", line 145, in cidrize
    raise CidrizeError(err)
cidrize.CidrizeError: CIDR prefix /40 out of range for IPv4!
```

### Wack range?!

Ranges must always start from lower to upper bound, or this happens:

```python
>>> cidrize("1.2.3.4-0")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "cidrize.py", line 145, in cidrize
    raise CidrizeError(err)
cidrize.CidrizeError: lower bound IP greater than upper bound!
```

## Cidr Tool

The cidrize package also comes with the `cidr` command, which has two basic operations.

Simple output:

```console
% cidr 1.2.3.4/30
1.2.3.4/30
```

Verbose output:

```console
% cidr -v 1.2.3.4/30
Spanning CIDR:          1.2.3.4/30
Block Start/Network:    1.2.3.4
1st host:               1.2.3.5
Gateway:                1.2.3.6
Block End/Broadcast:    1.2.3.7
DQ Mask:                255.255.255.252
Cisco ACL Mask:         0.0.0.3
# of hosts:             2
Explicit CIDR blocks:   1.2.3.4/30
```

And that's that!

## Contributing

This project uses [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for automated versioning and changelog generation. Please format your commit messages accordingly:

- `fix: <description>` - Patch release (bug fixes)
- `feat: <description>` - Minor release (new features)
- `feat!: <description>` or `BREAKING CHANGE:` - Major release (breaking changes)
- `docs:`, `chore:`, `ci:`, `test:`, `refactor:`, `perf:`, `build:` - No release (housekeeping)

## License

Cidrize is licensed under the [BSD 3-Clause License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause). Please see `LICENSE.md`
for the details.