Obtaining a server IP address from hostname

Question

When performing an NSURLRequest to a hostname, is it possible to obtain the IP address of the server that the response came from?

The NSURL

Answer 1

#import 

- (BOOL)resolveHost:(NSString *)hostname {
    Boolean result;
    CFHostRef hostRef;
    CFArrayRef addresses;
    NSString *ipAddress = nil;
    hostRef = CFHostCreateWithName(kCFAllocatorDefault, (__bridge 
    CFStringRef)hostname);
    CFStreamError *error = NULL;
    if (hostRef) {
        result = CFHostStartInfoResolution(hostRef, kCFHostAddresses, error); 
        if (result) {
            addresses = CFHostGetAddressing(hostRef, &result);
        }
    }
    if (result) {
        CFIndex index = 0;
        CFDataRef ref = (CFDataRef) CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(addresses, index);

        int port=0;
        struct sockaddr *addressGeneric;

        NSData *myData = (__bridge NSData *)ref;
        addressGeneric = (struct sockaddr *)[myData bytes];

        switch (addressGeneric->sa_family) {
            case AF_INET: {
                struct sockaddr_in *ip4;
                char dest[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
                ip4 = (struct sockaddr_in *)[myData bytes];
                port = ntohs(ip4->sin_port);
                ipAddress = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s", inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ip4->sin_addr, dest, sizeof dest)];
        }
            break;

        case AF_INET6: {
            struct sockaddr_in6 *ip6;
            char dest[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
            ip6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)[myData bytes];
            port = ntohs(ip6->sin6_port);
            ipAddress = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s", inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &ip6->sin6_addr, dest, sizeof dest)];
        }
            break;
        default:
            ipAddress = nil;
            break;
        }
    }
    NSLog(@"%@", ipAddress);
    if (ipAddress) {
        return YES;
    } else {
        return NO;
    }
}

[self resolveHost:@"google.com"]