QHostInfo¶

The QHostInfo class provides static functions for host name lookups. More…

Synopsis¶

Functions¶

def addresses ()
def error ()
def errorString ()
def hostName ()
def lookupHost (arg__1, arg__2)
def lookupId ()
def setAddresses (addresses)
def setError (error)
def setErrorString (errorString)
def setHostName (name)
def setLookupId (id)
def swap (other)

Static functions¶

def abortHostLookup (lookupId)
def fromName (name)
def localDomainName ()
def localHostName ()
def lookupHost (name, receiver, member)

Detailed Description¶

QHostInfo finds the IP address(es) associated with a host name, or the host name associated with an IP address. The class provides two static convenience functions: one that works asynchronously and emits a signal once the host is found, and one that blocks and returns a QHostInfo object.

To look up a host’s IP addresses asynchronously, call lookupHost() , which takes the host name or IP address, a receiver object, and a slot signature as arguments and returns an ID. You can abort the lookup by calling abortHostLookup() with the lookup ID.

Example:

# To find the IP address of qt-project.org
QHostInfo.lookupHost("qt-project.org",
                      self, SLOT(printResults(QHostInfo)))
# To find the host name for 4.2.2.1
QHostInfo.lookupHost("4.2.2.1",
                      self, SLOT(printResults(QHostInfo)))

The slot is invoked when the results are ready. The results are stored in a QHostInfo object. Call addresses() to get the list of IP addresses for the host, and hostName() to get the host name that was looked up.

If the lookup failed, error() returns the type of error that occurred. errorString() gives a human-readable description of the lookup error.

If you want a blocking lookup, use the fromName() function:

info = QHostInfo.fromName("qt-project.org")

QHostInfo supports Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) through the IDNA and Punycode standards.

To retrieve the name of the local host, use the static localHostName() function.

QHostInfo uses the mechanisms provided by the operating system to perform the lookup. As per RFC 6724 there is no guarantee that all IP addresses registered for a domain or host will be returned.

Note

Since Qt 4.6.1 QHostInfo is using multiple threads for DNS lookup instead of one dedicated DNS thread. This improves performance, but also changes the order of signal emissions when using lookupHost() compared to previous versions of Qt.

Note

Since Qt 4.6.3 QHostInfo is using a small internal 60 second DNS cache for performance improvements.

Constant	Description
QHostInfo.NoError	The lookup was successful.
QHostInfo.HostNotFound	No IP addresses were found for the host.
QHostInfo.UnknownError	An unknown error occurred.

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