Mohammed Smadi wrote:
> hi;
> I am trying to do some very basic socket programming and i get the
> following error. Any help will be appreciated:
>
> Code:
> import socket
> x = socket.gethostbyaddr("www.google.ca")
>
> return an error: socket.herror: (1, 'Unknown host')
You're using the wrong
Perhaps you mean to use the function socket.gethostbyname instead.
>>> import socket
>>> socket.gethostbyaddr("www.google.ca")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in ?
socket.herror: (1, 'Unknown host')
>>> socket.gethostbyname("www.google.ca")
'64.233.167.147'
Jeff
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hi;
I am trying to do some very basic socket programming and i get the
following error. Any help will be appreciated:
Code:
import socket
x = socket.gethostbyaddr("www.google.ca")
return an error: socket.herror: (1, 'Unknown host')
I tried replacing the web URL with an IP address on the net, o