hardware-address
IEEE 802 MAC-48, EUI-48, EUI-64, and InfiniBand hardware addresses for Python.
A fast, memory-safe library for working with hardware addresses, powered by Rust.
Installation
pip install "hardware-address==1.0.0"
Features
- 🚀 Fast: Native Rust implementation with Python bindings
- 🔒 Memory Safe: Written in Rust for guaranteed memory safety
- 📦 Zero Dependencies: No external dependencies
- 🔄 Multiple Formats: Parse and format addresses in colon, hyphen, or dot-separated formats
Quick Start
from hardware_address import MacAddr
# Parse from string
addr = MacAddr.parse("00:00:5e:00:53:01")
# Create from bytes
addr = MacAddr.from_bytes(b"\x00\x00\x5e\x00\x53\x01")
# String representation
print(str(addr)) # "00:00:5e:00:53:01"
print(repr(addr)) # MacAddr("00:00:5e:00:53:01")
# Get bytes
data = bytes(addr)
# Comparison and hashing
if addr1 == addr2:
print("Addresses match!")
# Use as dictionary key
devices = {addr: "Server 1"}
Supported Address Types
MacAddr (6 bytes)
IEEE 802 MAC-48/EUI-48 addresses:
from hardware_address import MacAddr
addr = MacAddr.parse("00:00:5e:00:53:01")
print(addr) # 00:00:5e:00:53:01
Eui64Addr (8 bytes)
EUI-64 addresses used in IPv6 and other protocols:
from hardware_address import Eui64Addr
addr = Eui64Addr.parse("02:00:5e:10:00:00:00:01")
print(addr) # 02:00:5e:10:00:00:00:01
InfiniBandAddr (20 bytes)
IP over InfiniBand link-layer addresses:
from hardware_address import InfiniBandAddr
addr = InfiniBandAddr.parse(
"00:00:00:00:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:02:00:5e:10:00:00:00:01"
)
Parsing Formats
All address types support three parsing formats:
from hardware_address import MacAddr
# Colon-separated (standard)
addr1 = MacAddr.parse("00:00:5e:00:53:01")
# Hyphen-separated (Windows style)
addr2 = MacAddr.parse("00-00-5e-00-53-01")
# Dot-separated (Cisco style)
addr3 = MacAddr.parse("0000.5e00.5301")
# All produce the same address
assert addr1 == addr2 == addr3
API Reference
Creating Addresses
# From string
addr = MacAddr.parse("00:00:5e:00:53:01")
# From bytes
addr = MacAddr.from_bytes(b"\x00\x00\x5e\x00\x53\x01")
Converting Addresses
# To string (default format)
s = str(addr) # "00:00:5e:00:53:01"
# To bytes
data = bytes(addr) # b'\x00\x00\x5e\x00\x53\x01'
# Representation for debugging
r = repr(addr) # MacAddr("00:00:5e:00:53:01")
Comparison Operations
# Equality
if addr1 == addr2:
print("Equal")
# Ordering
if addr1 < addr2:
print("addr1 is less than addr2")
# Hashing (use as dict key)
devices = {addr: "Device 1"}
Error Handling
from hardware_address import MacAddr
try:
addr = MacAddr.parse("invalid")
except ValueError as e:
print(f"Parse error: {e}")
try:
addr = MacAddr.from_bytes(b"\x00\x00") # Wrong length
except ValueError as e:
print(f"Invalid length: {e}")
Performance
This library is implemented in Rust and compiled to native code, providing:
- Parsing: ~10-50x faster than pure Python implementations
- Memory: Zero-copy operations where possible
- Safety: No buffer overflows or memory leaks
Platform Support
Pre-built wheels are available for:
- Linux: x86_64, i686, aarch64, armv7
- macOS: x86_64 (Intel), aarch64 (Apple Silicon)
- Windows: x64, x86
- Python: CPython 3.8 through 3.14
License
Licensed under either of:
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
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Contributing
Contributions are welcome! See the repository for details.
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