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Amir
Amir

Reputation: 6176

python: check if a hostname is resolved

How can I have a function in python that returns 1 if the a hostname resolves and 0 if a hostname does not.

I couldn't find anything useful, any thoughts?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 37

Views: 48391

Answers (1)

Andrew Clark
Andrew Clark

Reputation: 208395

You can use socket.gethostbyname() for this:

>>> import socket
>>> socket.gethostbyname('google.com')
'74.125.224.198'
>>> socket.gethostbyname('foo')           # no host 'foo' exists on the network
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Your function might look like this:

def hostname_resolves(hostname):
    try:
        socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
        return 1
    except socket.error:
        return 0

Example:

>>> hostname_resolves('google.com')
1
>>> hostname_resolves('foo')
0

Upvotes: 89

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