(python) Gaierror: [errno 11004] Getaddrinfo Failed

from Tkinter import * import tkMessageBox, socket root = Tk() root.title('pynet v1.0') root.config(bg='black') root.resizable(0,0) text = Text() text1 = Text() text1.conf

Solution 1:

My guess is because you are using a hostname that has a trailing newline. At the time I write this answer, your code shows:

defInfo():
    targetip = socket.gethostbyname_ex(text1.get("1.0", END))
    text.insert(END, targetip)

When you use the index END you get the extra newline that is added by the text widget. You need to strip that off or use the index "end-1c".

Solution 2:

Why are you adding CRLF (\r\n) to the hostname before looking it up?

If removing that doesn't fix it, print out the exact text you're passing to gethostbyname to make sure it's a valid hostname.