A small utility to manipulate prefixes. There are other possible solutions on npm, this was created mostly to prioritize performance.
It implements the following methods.
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getIpAndCidr
- if you provide "99.88.77.0/24" it returns ["99.88.77.0", 24]
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isValidPrefix
- it returns true/false
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isValidIP
- it returns true/false
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sortByPrefix
- it is a sorting function for an array or prefixes. It sorts the array based on the entire prefix.
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sortByPrefixLength
- it is a sorting function for an array or prefixes. It sorts the array based on the amount of bits of the netmask (from less specific to more specific).
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expandIP
- if you provide something like "127/8", you will receive "127.0.0.0/8". If you provide "2001:db8:123::", you will receive "2001:0db8:0123:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000". In case of IPv6, you can also do expandIP("2001:db8:123::", true)
to obtain the expanded-shortened version "2001:db8:123:0:0:0:0:0" (without 0 padding).
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isEqualIP
- it checks for IP equality, it takes into account expansions and cases. E.g. "2001:db8:123::" is equal to "2001:DB8:123::0"
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isEqualPrefix
- same as above, but with prefixes
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getAddressFamily
- it returns 4 or 6 (integers)
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toBinary
- it returns the binary representation of the IP
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fromBinary
- it returns the decimal/hexadecimal representation of a binary IP (essentially, the opposite of the previous function)
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applyNetmask
- it applies the netmask. E.g., if you provide "99.88.77.0/24" you will get the binary representation of "99.88.77.0" truncated at 24 bits
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isSubnet
- you provide two prefixes and you will get true if the second one is subnet of the first one.
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isSubnetBinary
- same as above but directly with binary representation
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cidrToRange
- given a prefix in cidr notation, it returns the first and last ip address of the range.