Function Name:
gethostbyname
Function Signature:
gethostbyname(hostname)
Overview:
- Given a host name the gethostbyname() function returns the IP address of the host.
- Unlike, gethostbyname() returns just one ip of the host even though the host could resolve to multiple IPs from a given location.
- The returned IP address is an IPv4 address.
- If the developer needs to resolve the hostname into IPv6 addresses or both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are needed, socket.getaddrinfo() function can be used.
- When the parameter hostname is omitted hostname defaults to localhost.
Parameters:
hostname - The name of the host system for which IP address resolution is needed.
Return Value:
The IPv4 address of the host name provided.
Example:
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import socket
hostName = "example.org"
ipAddress = socket.gethostbyname(hostName) print("IP address of the host name {} is: {}".format(hostName, ipAddress)) |
Output:
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IP address of the host name example.org is: 93.184.216.34 |