How do I get a website's IP address using Python 3.x?

Question

I have a string representing a domain name. How can I get the corresponding IP address using Python 3.x? Something like this:

>>> get_ip('http://www.stackoverflow.com')
'64.34.119.12'

Answer 1

>>> import socket

>>> def get_ips_for_host(host):
        try:
            ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex(host)
        except socket.gaierror:
            ips=[]
        return ips

>>> ips = get_ips_for_host('www.google.com')
>>> print(repr(ips))
('www.l.google.com', [], ['74.125.77.104', '74.125.77.147', '74.125.77.99'])