QHostInfo Class

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",
                       this, SLOT(printResults(QHostInfo)));

 // To find the host name for 4.2.2.1
 QHostInfo::lookupHost("4.2.2.1",
                       this, 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 QHostInfo::fromName() function:

 QHostInfo 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 QHostInfo::localHostName() function.

QHostInfo uses the mechanisms provided by the operating system to perform the lookup. As per {https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6724}{RFC 6724} there is no guarantee that all IP addresses registered for a domain or host will be returned.