mac_address

validators.mac_address.mac_address(value)

Return whether or not given value is a valid MAC address.

This validator is based on WTForms MacAddress validator.

Examples:

>>> mac_address('01:23:45:67:ab:CD')
# Output: True
>>> mac_address('00:00:00:00:00')
# Output: ValidationError(func=mac_address, args={'value': '00:00:00:00:00'})

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
value	str	MAC address string to validate.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
Literal[True]	If value is a valid MAC address.
ValidationError	If value is an invalid MAC address.

Source code in src/validators/mac_address.py

@validator
def mac_address(value: str, /):
    """Return whether or not given value is a valid MAC address.

    This validator is based on [WTForms MacAddress validator][1].

    [1]: https://github.com/wtforms/wtforms/blob/master/src/wtforms/validators.py#L482

    Examples:
        >>> mac_address('01:23:45:67:ab:CD')
        # Output: True
        >>> mac_address('00:00:00:00:00')
        # Output: ValidationError(func=mac_address, args={'value': '00:00:00:00:00'})

    Args:
        value:
            MAC address string to validate.

    Returns:
        (Literal[True]): If `value` is a valid MAC address.
        (ValidationError): If `value` is an invalid MAC address.
    """
    return re.match(r"^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$", value) if value else False