Simple ping implementation

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I need simple ping that will return some float number or None if destination unreachable. I am using Python 3 and windows and don't want to use standart ping, cause i have to decode bytes from shell and parse results. I know nothing about implementation of ICMP protocol so ready to use library is the best choice.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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You could use a pure Python implementation like the following:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ping

or if you prefer this one:

http://www.python.org/~jeremy/python.html

and also take a look here, because they are discussing about the subject and you may find it useful:

python non-privileged ICMP

UPDATE

Without the need of patching for Py 3, a very simple example:

https://github.com/volftomas/pyicmp

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Nov 11 '13 at 07:37

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First says that code is for python 2, the second says that code was written for python 1.4. – m9_psy Nov 11 '13 at 07:40
@m9_psy Yes, I know that but they can be modified to work with 3.x. I'm unaware of any implementation in 3.x, but it should serve as an example of how to do it. – asalic Nov 11 '13 at 07:43

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 07:45

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Active State Recipes is always the first place when I want to find such tiny/common/useful code snippets.

Here's one:

icmplib (Python recipe)

It works in Python3,

answered Nov 11 '13 at 07:45

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It is what i need, but it does not work on windows cause of os.setuid – m9_psy Nov 11 '13 at 08:02
@m9_psy Have you tried the example from the update from my answer? – asalic Nov 11 '13 at 08:10
Yeah, it seems to be working well – m9_psy Nov 11 '13 at 08:23

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