whois Python Code

import whois
import ipwhois
import time

def createIP():
    asking = True

    while asking:
        dot_count_list = []
        ask_ip_address = input("Enter your IP address: ")
        first_char = ask_ip_address[0]
        acceptable_chars = ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9']
        if first_char not in acceptable_chars: # verify first character is a number
            print("Unacceptable character.")
            continue

        for z in ask_ip_address: # make a list of octet separators '.'
            if z == ".":
                dot_count_list.append(z)
                continue
            else:
                continue

        if len(dot_count_list) == 3: # verifying the list has 3 periods which would indicate a correct IP address format
            print("IP address format is correct!")
        else:
            print("IP address format wrong. Re-do.")
            continue

        ip_address = ask_ip_address.split('.')
        revised_address = []
        finished_address = ''
        index = 0

        for x in ip_address:
            if int(x) > 255 or int(x) < 0:
                print("Invalid octet value at {}. Range = 0 - 255. ".format(x))
                break
            else:
                print("Octet {} {} added.".format(index+1,x))
                if index == 3:
                    revised_address.append(x)
                    asking = False
                    print("IP address creation done!")
                    break
                else:
                    revised_address.append(x + ".")
                    index += 1
                    continue

        for element in revised_address:
            finished_address += element

        print("Your IP Address is: {}".format(finished_address))

    return finished_address

final_address = createIP()
print("This is your final IP address: {}".format(final_address))