toolbox.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# vim: ts=4
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#
# Copyright (c) 2006 Mehdi Abaakouk
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from dns import resolver
import socket
import pickle
import xml.parsers.expat

resolv = resolver.Resolver()
resolv.timeout = 0.5
resolv.lifetime = 1

def resolve(n, q):
	return str(resolv.query(n,q)[0])

def mask_is_valid(n):
	if not n: 
		return True
	try:
		mask = int(n)
		return ( mask >= 1 and mask <= 128)
	except:
		return False

def ipv4_is_valid(n):
    try:
        socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, n)
        return True
    except socket.error:
        return False

def ipv6_is_valid(n):
    try:
        socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, n)
        return True
    except socket.error:
        return False

def save_cache_pickle(filename, data):
	output = open(filename, 'wb')
	pickle.dump(data, output)
	output.close()

def load_cache_pickle(filename, default = None):
	try:
		pkl_file = open(filename, 'rb')
	except IOError:
		return default
	try:
		data = pickle.load(pkl_file)
	except:
		data = default
	pkl_file.close()
	return data

def unescape(s):
    want_unicode = False
    if isinstance(s, unicode):
        s = s.encode("utf-8")
        want_unicode = True

    # the rest of this assumes that `s` is UTF-8
    list = []

    # create and initialize a parser object
    p = xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate("utf-8")
    p.buffer_text = True
    p.returns_unicode = want_unicode
    p.CharacterDataHandler = list.append

    # parse the data wrapped in a dummy element
    # (needed so the "document" is well-formed)
    p.Parse("<e>", 0)
    p.Parse(s, 0)
    p.Parse("</e>", 1)

    # join the extracted strings and return
    es = ""
    if want_unicode:
        es = u""
    return es.join(list)