Golang : Convert IP version 6 address to integer or decimal number
Problem :
You have IP address version 6 in string format and you want to convert it into integer. How to do that?
NOTE : IP address in decimal number format is easier to search, filter or compare. For example, searching for IP address in a given range.
Solution :
Use math/big.Int.SetBytes()
to convert the IPv6 address to a signed multi-precision integer.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math/big"
"net"
)
func IP6toInt(IPv6Address net.IP) *big.Int {
IPv6Int := big.NewInt(0)
// from http://golang.org/pkg/net/#pkg-constants
// IPv6len = 16
IPv6Int.SetBytes(IPv6Address.To16())
return IPv6Int
}
func main() {
ipv6Decimal := IP6toInt(net.ParseIP("FE80::0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329"))
fmt.Println(ipv6Decimal)
}
Output :
338288524927261089654163772891438416681
References :
By Adam Ng
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