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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+""" Script to remove prefixes that has expired in NIPAP
+
+    This script removes prefixes in NIPAP with status quarantine
+    and that has expired.
+
+    Usage:
+
+    When the script is executed, it deletes all prefixes with status 
+    "quarantine" and where the expires date has passed.
+
+    Prefixes within prefixes are recursively deleted only if the
+    type is Assigned.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import socket
+import argparse
+from datetime import datetime
+import configparser
+
+from pynipap import Prefix, NipapAuthError
+import pynipap
+
+def _remove_expired_prefixes():
+    query = {
+        'operator': 'and',
+        'val1': {
+            'operator': 'equals',
+            'val1': 'status',
+            'val2': 'quarantine'
+        },
+        'val2': {
+            'operator': 'less_or_equal',
+            'val1': 'expires',
+            'val2': 'Now()'
+        }
+    }
+
+    try:
+        res = Prefix.search(query)
+    
+    except socket.error:
+        print("Connection refused, please check hostname and port", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except NipapAuthError:
+        print("Authentication error, please check your username / password", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print("Error: %s" %str(exc), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    prefixes = res['result']
+
+    if len(prefixes) > 0:
+        print("%s: Expired quarantined prefixes found, they will be removed" %datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S"))
+
+    for p in prefixes:
+        recursive = True if p.type == "assignment" else False
+        p.remove(recursive)
+        print("Removed prefix %s" %p.prefix)
+
+    if len(prefixes) > 0:
+        print("Removed %s expired prefixes" %str(len(prefixes)))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # read configuration
+    cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    cfg.read(os.path.expanduser('~/.nipaprc'))
+    
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--username', help="NIPAP backend username")
+    parser.add_argument('--password', help="NIPAP backend password")
+    parser.add_argument('--host', help="NIPAP backend host")
+    parser.add_argument('--port', help="NIPAP backend port")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    auth_uri = "%s:%s@" % (args.username or cfg.get('global', 'username'),
+            args.password or cfg.get('global', 'password'))
+
+    xmlrpc_uri = "http://%(auth_uri)s%(host)s:%(port)s" % {
+            'auth_uri'  : auth_uri,
+            'host'      : args.host or cfg.get('global', 'hostname'),
+            'port'      : args.port or cfg.get('global', 'port')
+            }
+    pynipap.AuthOptions({'authoritative_source': 'Expired quarantined prefixes removal script'})
+    pynipap.xmlrpc_uri = xmlrpc_uri
+
+    _remove_expired_prefixes()
+
+    print("Done")
+