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IP Addresses (Tools/APIs)

Work with IP addresses (validate, get IP addresses, and so on).

Background Information

InterSystems IRIS® data platform always accepts IPv4 addresses and DNS forms of addressing (host names, with or without domain qualifiers). You can configure InterSystems IRIS to also accept IPv6 addresses; see IPv6 Support.

Available Tools

Datatype class that validates IP addresses and ports in the format IP|Port. The IP address can either be an IPV4, IPV6, or DNS name.

Availability: All namespaces.

Provides the IPAddresses() method, which returns the IP addresses for a given host.

Availability: All namespaces.

Provides an interface for Internet address manipulation. These interfaces support both IPV6 and IPV4 Internet addresses. Includes the following class methods:

  • BinaryAddrToText()

  • CheckAddressExist()

  • CheckSubnetMatch()

  • GetInterfacesInfo()

  • OSsupportsIPV6()

  • And others

Availability: All namespaces.

Note

The special variable $SYSTEM is bound to the %SYSTEM package. This means that instead of ##class(%SYSTEM.class).method(), you can use $SYSTEM.class.method().

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