Finding ip address - python's socket module

Question

code

import socket
line = 'http://www.permobil.com/en/Corporate/'
IP = socket.gethostbyname(line)

error

IP = socket.gethostbyname(line)
socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known

I know there are several answers for the same error, but none helped i looked 1 2 while others answers were not applicable.

Other questions: Have you tried it with a well known domain name like google.com, does it work for that domain? Are you behind a corporate proxy? Are you sure the DNS server for permobil.com are set up correctly? Are you using unix? If so, does the unix DNS lookup command: host permobil.com give an IP address successfully from your location? — James Lawson
– James Lawson, Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 10:30
it works for all the domains with base URL like google.com, permobil.com — prashantgpt91
– prashantgpt91, Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 10:51

Teemo · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23 10:22:25Z

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try this:

import socket

ip = socket.gethostbyname("permobil.com")
print ip

answered Jun 23, 2016 at 10:22

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prashantgpt91 Over a year ago

i already know that this works, but can i get the base URL for a website

prashantgpt91 Over a year ago

which would be permobil.com in our case

Teemo Over a year ago

I don't understand? All you need to do is to parse your string and get right part

prashantgpt91 Over a year ago

but if i have tons of such websites to parse in a json file, would i be manually removing http n all that stuff to make my string permobil.com

Teemo Over a year ago

write function that does that for you, dont forget about https too, and then pass it to socket function, there is no other way

prashantgpt91 · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23 10:59:29Z

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import socket
from urlparse import urlparse

parsed_uri = urlparse('http://www.permobil.com/en/Corporate/' )
domain = '{uri.scheme}://{uri.netloc}/'.format(uri=parsed_uri)
domain = domain.replace("http://","")
domain = domain.replace("www.", "")
domain = domain.replace("/", "")
IP = socket.gethostbyname(domain)

answered Jun 23, 2016 at 10:59

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