Return the details of `iface` or an error if it does not exist

def interface(iface):
    '''
    Return the details of `iface` or an error if it does not exist
    '''
    iface_info, error = _get_iface_info(iface)

    if error is False:
        return iface_info.get(iface, {}).get('inet', '')
    else:
        return error