socket.gethostbyname

socket.gethostbyname(hostname)

• The functions translates a hostname to an IPv4 address
• The IP address is returned as a string
• It does not support IPv6

Example of gethostbyname

>>> import socket
>>> socket.getfqdn('www.python.org')
'132.151.1.90'

References

• Python Essential Reference
• Documentation for socket API