import ipaddress from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _ def clean_ipv6_address(ip_str, unpack_ipv4=False, error_message=_("This is not a valid IPv6 address.")): """ Clean an IPv6 address string. Raise ValidationError if the address is invalid. Replace the longest continuous zero-sequence with "::", remove leading zeroes, and make sure all hextets are lowercase. Args: ip_str: A valid IPv6 address. unpack_ipv4: if an IPv4-mapped address is found, return the plain IPv4 address (default=False). error_message: An error message used in the ValidationError. Return a compressed IPv6 address or the same value. """ try: addr = ipaddress.IPv6Address(int(ipaddress.IPv6Address(ip_str))) except ValueError: raise ValidationError(error_message, code='invalid') if unpack_ipv4 and addr.ipv4_mapped: return str(addr.ipv4_mapped) elif addr.ipv4_mapped: return '::ffff:%s' % str(addr.ipv4_mapped) return str(addr) def is_valid_ipv6_address(ip_str): """ Return whether or not the `ip_str` string is a valid IPv6 address. """ try: ipaddress.IPv6Address(ip_str) except ValueError: return False return True