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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Added basic \"exclude\" range for next_available_ip","articleBody":"In my organization, we try to reserve the first 10 IPs in any given network. I modified the \"get_next_available_ip\" function to include the ability to exclude a range starting at the first address in the network. This could easily be further modified for any range. I've named the new function \"get_next_available_ip_long\":\n\n```\ndef get_next_available_ip_long(self, network, num):\n    \"\"\" Implements IBA next_available_ip REST API call\n    Returns IP v4 address\n    :param network: network in CIDR format\n    \"\"\"\n\n    \"\"\"\n    Modified to include param num\n    param num is integer, will exclude that many addresses starting at .0\n    \"\"\"\n    def ip_exclude(start, count):\n        \"\"\"\n        This sub-function creates a list of excluded IPs for the next_available IP\n        Right now it only works to exclude the first x addresses in a range\n        \"\"\"\n\n        start_addr = start[:-3]             #chomps the \"/24\" off the network name\n        start_addr_list = start_addr.split(\".\")     #splits the network on each dot\n        start_oct4 = int(start_addr_list[3])        #changes the 4th octet to an int\n        start_oct4_str = start_addr_list[3]     #creates a string value for the 4th octet\n\n        count = int(count)\n        end_oct4 = start_oct4 + count           #sets the end of the reserved range\n        end_oct4_str = str(end_oct4)            #makes a string variable for that\n        end_addr = start_addr_list[0] + \".\" + start_addr_list[1] + \".\" +  start_addr_list[2] + \".\" +  end_oct4_str\n\n\n        exclude_range = []\n        while start_oct4 \u003c end_oct4:\n            start_oct4 = start_oct4 + 1\n            temp_oct4 = str(start_oct4)\n            temp_addr = start_addr_list[0] + \".\" + start_addr_list[1] + \".\" +  start_addr_list[2] + \".\" + temp_oct4\n            exclude_range.append(temp_addr)\n\n        return exclude_range                #returns a list of excluded addresses for post_data\n\n    exclude = ip_exclude(network, num)\n\n    rest_url = 'https://' + self.iba_host + '/wapi/v' + self.iba_wapi_version + '/network?network=' + network + '\u0026network_view=' + self.iba_network_view\n    try:\n        r = requests.get(url=rest_url, auth=(self.iba_user, self.iba_password), verify=self.iba_verify_ssl)\n        r_json = r.json()\n        if r.status_code == 200:\n        if len(r_json) \u003e 0:\n            net_ref = r_json[0]['_ref']\n            rest_url = 'https://' + self.iba_host + '/wapi/v' + self.iba_wapi_version + '/' + net_ref + '?_function=next_available_ip'\n            post_data = {\"num\":1,'exclude':exclude}\n            #this is the infoblox-approved \"long-form\" version of the \"next available IP\" call\n            r = requests.post(url=rest_url, auth=(self.iba_user, self.iba_password), verify=self.iba_verify_ssl, data=json.dumps(post_data))\n            r_json = r.json()\n            if r.status_code == 200:\n            ip_v4 = r_json['ips'][0]\n            return ip_v4\n            else:\n            if 'text' in r_json:\n                if 'code' in r_json and r_json['code'] == 'Client.Ibap.Data':\n                raise InfobloxNoIPavailableException(r_json['text'])\n                else:\n                raise InfobloxGeneralException(r_json['text'])\n            else:\n                r.raise_for_status()\n        else:\n            raise InfobloxNotFoundException(\"No requested network found: \" + network)\n        else:\n        if 'text' in r_json:\n            raise InfobloxGeneralException(r_json['text'])\n        else:\n            r.raise_for_status()\n    except ValueError:\n        raise Exception(r)\n    except Exception:\n        raise\n\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Zamboughnuts","@type":"Person","name":"Zamboughnuts"},"datePublished":"2016-10-18T14:24:49.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/19/Infoblox-API-Python/issues/19"}