rails_ip_validator

Installation

Add the following line to your Gemfile

gem "rails_ip_validator"

If you want to use it as plugin

rails plugin install git://github.com/traxanos/rails_ip_validator.git

Using

Use to validate ip

validates :ip, :ip => true

Use ip validation with forbidden ipv6

validates :ip, :ip => { :forbidden => :ipv6 }

Use ip validation with forbidden ipv4

validates :ip, :ip => { :forbidden => :ipv4 }

Use ip validation with forbidden netmask (10.20.30.40/24)

validates :ip, :ip => { :forbidden => :netmask }

Use ip validation with forbidden ipv6 and private addresses

validates :ip, :ip => { :forbidden => [:priavte, :ipv6] }

Use ip validation with additional custom validation

validates :ip, :ip => { :custom => Proc.new { |ip| ip.prefix == 24 } }

Features

  • validates ip

  • validates with forbiddens

  • ipv4 and ipv6 support

  • custom validation

  • tests for validator

Forbidden list

  • :a - Class A IP address

  • :b - Class B IP address

  • :c - Class C IP address

  • :netmask - 10.20.30.10/24

  • :private - Class A/B/C IP address

  • :ipv4 - 10.20.30.40

  • :ipv6 - ::ffff:192.168.0.1 or 2001:db8:0:cd30

Contributing to rails_ip_validator

  • Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn’t been implemented or the bug hasn’t been fixed yet

  • Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn’t requested it and/or contributed it

  • Fork the project

  • Start a feature/bugfix branch

  • Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution

  • Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.

  • Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.

Copyright © 2010 Marco Scholl. See LICENSE.txt for further details.