From 037dfe7f71f21e37fade0e3a203e38b675a1aa43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Halley <halley@dnspython.org>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 08:07:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add is_address()

---
 dns/inet.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dns/inet.py b/dns/inet.py
index 62719dc9..254b5d07 100644
--- a/dns/inet.py
+++ b/dns/inet.py
@@ -120,3 +120,22 @@ def is_multicast(text):
             return first == 255
         except Exception:
             raise ValueError
+
+
+def is_address(text):
+    """Is the specified string an IPv4 or IPv6 address?
+
+    *text*, a ``str``, the textual address.
+
+    Returns a ``bool``.
+    """
+
+    try:
+        dns.ipv4.inet_aton(text)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        try:
+            dns.ipv6.inet_aton(text, True)
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            raise False
-- 
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