Searching for IPv6 addresses in the global search should search for the compressed format

[kasimon]

NetBox version

v4.2.4

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

Currently, when searching for ipv6 addresses in the global search, the user may only use the compressed ipv6 form (no leading zeros, multiple :0: blocks replaced by ::). My suggestion is that if the search term correctly parses as an ipv6 address, it should be internally normalized to the compressed form before sending it off to the search engine. Btw a similar correction already is in place with capital letters in ipv6 addresses, which are transparently converted to lower case letters.

Use case

When copying+pasting addresses or constructing search urls from other systems these systems may not always work with the compressed form, which causes the user to have to manually change the search term or being in the wrong impression that this ip address is not present in netbox, causing confusion or errors.

Database changes

None

External dependencies

None

[jeremystretch]

We could introduce an attribute on the IPAddress model which returns the expanded form of an IPv6 address and include this as a cached value in the search indexer.

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