I want to convert shorthand notation of ipv6 address to longhand notation of ipv6 addressing format; I know we can perform various operations on ip addresses using ipaddress library. For example I want to convert ::abc:7:def to 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0abc:0007:0def.
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You're looking for the exploded property of the IPv6Address object. You get this through calling ipaddress.ip_address:
> import ipaddress
> addr = ipaddress.ip_address('::abc:7:def')
> print(addr.exploded)
0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0abc:0007:0def
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user3167654
Make sure to enter the IPv6 address as unicode or you may run into errors on Python 2
qräbnö
This also works for "IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses":
import ipaddress; print(ipaddress.ip_address('::ffff:192.0.2.128').exploded) -> 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff:c000:0280. Which is nice. :)