Sometimes we need to convert IPv4/IPv6 to integer/decimal for storing purposes. It allows the creation of more efficient database indexes and filter values faster.
Here is how we could do it in a few lines of code in golang:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math/big"
"net"
)
func Ip2Int(ip net.IP) *big.Int {
i := big.NewInt(0)
i.SetBytes(ip)
return i
}
func main() {
fmt.Println(Ip2Int(net.ParseIP("20.36.77.12")).String())
fmt.Println(Ip2Int(net.ParseIP("2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334")).String())
}Share your thoughts 😉
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