Utility functions

pycares.reverse_address(ip_adress)

Parameters:ip_address (string) – IP address to be reversed.

Returns the reversed representation of an IP address, usually used when doing PTR queries.

Example:

pycares.reverse_address('1.2.3.4')
'4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa'

pycares.reverse_address('2a03:2880:10:cf01:face:b00c::')
'0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.c.0.0.b.e.c.a.f.1.0.f.c.0.1.0.0.0.8.8.2.3.0.a.2.ip6.arpa'