How to perform DNS query on iOS

Question

i want to perform some DNS queries e.g. to get IP records against a specific domain name, i am looking for a preferred way or some useful snippet for this on iOS 3.2+ SDK. t

Answer 1

Figured out a change in this snippet makes it working

if (result == TRUE) {
        NSMutableArray *tempDNS = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
        for(int i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(addresses); i++){
            struct sockaddr_in* remoteAddr;
            CFDataRef saData = (CFDataRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(addresses, i);
            remoteAddr = (struct sockaddr_in*)CFDataGetBytePtr(saData);

            if(remoteAddr != NULL){
                // Extract the ip address
                //const char *strIP41 = inet_ntoa(remoteAddr->sin_addr);
                NSString *strDNS =[NSString stringWithCString:inet_ntoa(remoteAddr->sin_addr) encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
                NSLog(@"RESOLVED %d:<%@>", i, strDNS);
                [tempDNS addObject:strDNS];
            }
        }
}

Answer 2

Bros there is a lot simpler way! Thanks to iOS being a unix system, you become a god with unlimited power and resource! I present elegance.

- (NSString*)lookupHostIPAddressForURL:(NSURL*)url
{
    // Ask the unix subsytem to query the DNS
    struct hostent *remoteHostEnt = gethostbyname([[url host] UTF8String]);
    // Get address info from host entry
    struct in_addr *remoteInAddr = (struct in_addr *) remoteHostEnt->h_addr_list[0];
    // Convert numeric addr to ASCII string
    char *sRemoteInAddr = inet_ntoa(*remoteInAddr);
    // hostIP
    NSString* hostIP = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:sRemoteInAddr];
    return hostIP;
}