{"categories":[{"label":"Internet","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides IPv4 and IPv6 address manipulation for Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2\u2014backporting the standard library ipaddress module from Python 3.3+.","skillfed_tags":["legacy-python","network-utilities"],"use_cases":["Validate and parse IPv4 or IPv6 addresses in Python 2.7 codebases that cannot yet migrate to Python 3.","Work with IP networks and subnets in legacy applications.","Check if an IP address belongs to a given network range on older Python versions.","Normalize and manipulate IP address objects with a consistent API across Python 2 and 3.2."],"what_it_does":"This package backports Python 3.3+'s ipaddress module to older Python versions (2.6, 2.7, 3.2). It provides classes and functions for creating and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, networks, and interfaces\u2014the same API you would use in modern Python's standard library. The main constraint is that it requires unicode strings for address input, not byte strings; passing bytes will raise an error.\n\nThe package is production-stable but abandoned; its last release was in 2019. It exists primarily as a compatibility shim for legacy codebases still running on Python 2 or early Python 3. If you are on Python 3.3 or later, use the built-in ipaddress module instead.","worth_installing":"No, unless you are maintaining legacy Python 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2 code that requires ipaddress. The package is abandoned and modern Python includes ipaddress in the standard library. If you are on Python 3.3+, use the standard library instead. If you must support Python 2, this is the only option, but consider upgrading your runtime."},"id":"ipaddress","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/ipaddress","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/ipaddress.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/ipaddress/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2019-10-18","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"ipaddress","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":6142720,"position":1964,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.23"}