Ping3

Ping3 is a pure python3 version of ICMP ping implementation using raw socket.

Note that ICMP messages can only be sent from processes running as root.

The Python2 version originally from here.

This version maintained at this github repo.

Installation

pip install ping3

Get Started

>>> from ping3 import ping, verbose_ping
>>> ping('example.com')  # Returns delay in seconds.
0.215697261510079666

>>> verbose_ping('example.com')  # ping 4 times in a row.
ping 'example.com' ... 215ms
ping 'example.com' ... 216ms
ping 'example.com' ... 219ms
ping 'example.com' ... 217ms

Functions

>>> ping('not.exist.com')  # If timed out (no reply), returns None
Cannot resolve not.exist.com: Unknown host

>>> ping('example.com', timeout=10)  # Set timeout to 10 seconds. Default timeout=4 for 4 seconds.
0.215697261510079666

>>> ping('example.com', unit='ms')  # Returns delay in milliseconds. Default unit='s' for seconds.
215.9627876281738

>>> ping('example.com', src_addr='192.168.1.15')  # set source ip address for multiple interfaces. Default src_addr=None for no binding.
0.215697261510079666

>>> ping('example.com', ttl=5)  # set packet Time-To-Live to 5. The packet is discarded if it does not reach the target host after 5 jumps. Default ttl=64.
None

>>> ping('example.com', size=56)  # set ICMP packet payload to 56 bytes. The total ICMP packet size is 8 (header) + 56 (payload) = 64 bytes.
0.215697261510079666

>>> verbose_ping('example.com', timeout=10)  # set timeout to 10 second. Default timeout=4 for 4 seconds.
ping 'example.com' ... 215ms
ping 'example.com' ... 216ms
ping 'example.com' ... 219ms
ping 'example.com' ... 217ms

>>> verbose_ping('example.com', count=6)  # ping 6 times. Default count=4
ping 'example.com' ... 215ms
ping 'example.com' ... 216ms
ping 'example.com' ... 219ms
ping 'example.com' ... 217ms
ping 'example.com' ... 215ms
ping 'example.com' ... 216ms

>>> verbose_ping('example.com', src_addr='192.168.1.15')  # ping from source IP address. Default src_addr=None
ping 'example.com' from '192.168.1.15' ... 215ms
ping 'example.com' from '192.168.1.15' ... 216ms
ping 'example.com' from '192.168.1.15' ... 219ms
ping 'example.com' from '192.168.1.15' ... 217ms

>>> verbose_ping('example.com', unit='s')  # Displays delay in seconds. Default unit="ms" for milliseconds.
ping 'example.com' ... 1s
ping 'example.com' ... 2s
ping 'example.com' ... 1s
ping 'example.com' ... 1s

>>> verbose_ping('example.com', ttl=5)  # Set TTL to 5. Default is 64.
ping 'example.com' ... Timeout
ping 'example.com' ... Timeout
ping 'example.com' ... Timeout
ping 'example.com' ... Timeout

DEBUG mode

Show more info for developers.

>>> import ping3
>>> ping3.DEBUG = True  # Default is False.

>>> ping3.ping("example.com")  # ping() prints received IP header and ICMP header.
[DEBUG] IP HEADER: {'version': 69, 'tos': 0, 'len': 14336, 'id': 8620, 'flags': 0, 'ttl': 51, 'protocol': 1, 'checksum': *, 'src_addr': *, 'dest_addr': *}
[DEBUG] ICMP HEADER: {'type': 0, 'code': 0, 'checksum': 8890, 'id': 21952, 'seq': 0}
0.215697261510079666

>>> ping3.ping("example.com", timeout=0.0001)
[DEBUG] Request timeout for ICMP packet. (0.0001s)

>>> ping3.ping("not.exist.com")
Cannot resolve not.exist.com: Unknown host
[DEBUG] Cannot resolve not.exist.com: Unknown host

>>> ping3.ping("example.com", ttl=1)
[DEBUG] Time exceeded: Time To Live expired

EXCEPTIONS mode

Raise exceptions when there are errors instead of return None

>>> import ping3
>>> ping3.EXCEPTIONS = True  # Default is False.

>>> ping3.ping("example.com", timeout=0.0001)  # All Exceptions are subclasses of PingError
pingerror.Timeout: Request timeout for ICMP packet. (0.0001s)

>>> ping3.ping("not.exist.com")
pingerror.HostUnknown: Cannot resolve not.exist.com: Unknown host

>>> ping3.ping("example.com", ttl=1)
pingerror.TimeToLiveExpired: Time exceeded: Time To Live expired