In Rails 3, is there a built in method for seeing if a string is a valid IP address?
If not, what is the easiest way to validate?
In Rails 3, is there a built in method for seeing if a string is a valid IP address?
If not, what is the easiest way to validate?
Just wanted to add that instead of writing your own pattern you can use the build in one Resolv::IPv4::Regex
require 'resolv'
validates :gateway, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true,
:format => { :with => Resolv::IPv4::Regex }
The Rails way to validate with ActiveRecord in Rails 3 is:
@ip_regex = /^([1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}$/
validates :gateway,
:presence => true,
:uniqueness => true,
:format => { :with => @ip_regex }
Good resource here: http://my.rails-royce.org/2010/07/21/email-validation-in-ruby-on-rails-without-regexp/
You can also just call standard's library IPAddr.new
that will parse subnets, IPV6 and other cool things: (IPAddr) and return nil
if the format was wrong.
Just do:
valid = !(IPAddr.new('192.168.2.0/24') rescue nil).nil?
#=> true
valid = !(IPAddr.new('192.168.2.256') rescue nil).nil?
#=> false
You can use Resolv::IPv4::Regex
as Jack mentioned below if you don't need to accept subnets.
If you need to accept it, activemodel-ipaddr_validator gem may help you. (disclaimer: I'm the author of the gem)
validates :your_attr, ipaddr: true
i dont know about RoR a lot, but if you dont find any built in method for validation of IP Address.
Try on this regular expression :
"^([1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}$"
to validate the IP Address.
I recently used it in one module so had it on desktop.
You should use a Regular Expression
Here is one that does what you want:
/^([1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.
([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}$/.match("#{@systemIP}")
You can also use Regexy::Web::IPv4 which can match ip addresses with port numbers too.