Add HTTP Download Method for Latest RIB #72
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Previously, users were not able to pass in a compressed As-Names file, but they were able to pass in a compressed IP-ASN Database. For those trying to work with a single file-format / or compression apporach, this feature enables that.
Previously, users were not able to pass in a compressed As-Names file, but they were able to pass in a compressed IP-ASN Database. For those trying to work with a single file-format / or compression apporach, this feature enables that.
Previously, FTP download options were the only option. For those of us operating behind stricter firewalls, FTP is sometimes blocked since it's harder to inspect packets. This commit adds the ability to download the BGP RIB file via HTTP. One should note that it only supports IPv4.
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bump on this PR @hadiasghari -- would like to get it integrated. |
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Hi @hadiasghari , another gentle nudge on this issue. Do you have an idea of when you might be able to merge this PR, and is there anything I can do to help you out in getting the new pypi package/version/release out? |
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Hi @mansweet, thanks for the PR. I had a look at it. I believe it is important to add the ability to download IPv6 too via HTTP, given it's currently adoption rate. The URLs to download the V4+6 and V6 files are similar to the FTP roots. They are as follows: http://archive.routeviews.org/bgpdata/ → 4 only |
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I created #77 which probably supersedes this stale PR. |
Description
A fix for Issue #64
Previously, we would only have been able to download from routeviews via HTTP if we specified a file that contains some dates for us to try and fetch.
This feature allows us to now download the latest rib file from the HTTP source by passing in the
latestflag.