diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f22651..7de001c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 artifacts/*
 cache/*
+**__pycache__/
+
diff --git a/playbooks/filter_plugins/phpipam_db_ip.py b/playbooks/filter_plugins/phpipam_db_ip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46479e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/filter_plugins/phpipam_db_ip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+
+def ip2ipam(a):
+    """convert an IPv4 IP Address to phpIPAM decimal IP Address"""
+
+    s_bin = ''
+
+    try:
+
+      if '.' in str(a):
+      
+        a = a.split('.')
+
+        for octet in a:
+
+          s_bin = s_bin + '{0:08b}'.format(int(octet))
+
+    except Exception as e:
+
+        raise AnsibleFilterError("to_nice_yaml - %s" % to_native(e), orig_exc=e)
+
+
+    return int(s_bin, 2)
+
+
+def ipam2ip(a):
+    """convert a phpIPAM decimal IP Address to an IPv4 IP Address"""
+
+    s_bin = ''
+
+    try:
+
+      s_bin = '{0:08b}'.format(int(a))
+
+      s_bin = str(
+        str(int(s_bin[0:8], 2)) + '.' + 
+        str(int(s_bin[8:16], 2)) + '.' + 
+        str(int(s_bin[16:24], 2)) + '.' + 
+        str(int(s_bin[24:32], 2))
+      )
+
+    except Exception as e:
+
+        raise AnsibleFilterError("to_nice_yaml - %s" % to_native(e), orig_exc=e)
+
+    return s_bin
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    """my format filters."""
+
+
+    def filters(self):
+        """Return the filter list."""
+        return {
+            'ip2ipam': ip2ipam,
+            'ipam2ip': ipam2ip
+        }