procamora / python3-ping

Library to ping using the operating system command

python3-ping

This library provides an easy way to ping using the ping command provided by the operating system. The reason for using the operating system command is so that you do not need to be root to send an ICMP packet.

Installation

Installation can be done through the pip3 command:

pip3 install procamora-ping --user

You can also update the library with:

python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade procamora-ping

Basic Usage

To use this class the first thing to do is import the library:

from procamora_ping.logger import get_logger, logging
from procamora_ping.ping import ping

ips: List[Text] = ["192.168.1.1", "192.168.1.11", "192.168.1.56"]

for ip in ips:
    texto: bool = ping(ip)
    if texto:
        logger.info("{} up".format(ip))
    else:
        logger.info("{} down".format(ip))