IP address by Domain Name

Question

I am trying to get IP address of a domain.. i am using following code

>> import socket
>> socket.gethostbyname('www.google.com')

its giving me following error..

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#18>", line 1, in <module>
    socket.gethostbyname('www.google.com')
gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

What is wrong with my code...is there any method in Python to acquire an IP address from a domain name?

Answer 1

The code you provided is accurate. Perhaps you have a firewall between you and these servers that is preventing the request from being sent?

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