ip_network

Take an IP string/int and return an object of the correct type.

Args:
    address: A string or integer, the IP network.  Either IPv4 or
      IPv6 networks may be supplied; integers less than 2**32 will
      be considered to be IPv4 by default.

Returns:
    An IPv4Network or IPv6Network object.

Raises:
    ValueError: if the string passed isn't either a v4 or a v6
      address. Or if the network has host bits set.