Convert a bytearray in hex to an IP address python

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I have an ip address in this format

b'\xd4\xfbuW'

I know that this is an actual IP address, but I don't know how I can print it as a normal (like 192.168.1.1) address and also store it in my memory as a string. How can I decode this hex bytearray?

Martin R · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-13 17:07:57Z

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You don't need the socket module.

If you have Python 3.6 or above you can use:

print('.'.join(f'{c}' for c in b'\xd4\xfbuW'))

otherwise

print('.'.join(str(c) for c in b'\xd4\xfbuW'))

answered Dec 13, 2018 at 17:07

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BPL · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-21 12:00:08Z

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You can use the socket module functions, for instance:

import socket

ip_string = '192.168.1.1'
print(socket.inet_aton(ip_string))
print(socket.inet_ntoa(socket.inet_aton(ip_string)))
print(socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, '192.168.1.1'))
print(socket.inet_ntop(
    socket.AF_INET, socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, '192.168.1.1')))

packed_ip = b'\xd4\xfbuW'
print(socket.inet_ntoa(b'\xd4\xfbuW'))

Output

b'\xc0\xa8\x01\x01'
192.168.1.1
b'\xc0\xa8\x01\x01'
192.168.1.1
212.251.117.87

As you can see, 192.168.1.1 would correspond to \xC0\xA8\x01\x01 and b'\xd4\xfbuW' would be 212.251.117.87

answered Sep 21, 2017 at 12:00

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