Display Hostname and IP address in Python

There are many ways to find hostname and IP address of a local machine. Here is a simple method to find hostname and IP address using python code. 
Library used – socket: This module provides access to the BSD socket interface. It is available on all modern Unix systems, Windows, MacOS, and probably additional platforms. 
Method used :

• gethostname() : The gethostname function retrieves the standard host name for the local computer.
• gethostbyname() : The gethostbyname function retrieves host information corresponding to a host name from a host database.
  

Python3

# Python3 code to display hostname and
# IP address

# Importing socket library
import socket

# Function to display hostname and
# IP address
def get_Host_name_IP():
    try:
        host_name = socket.gethostname()
        host_ip = socket.gethostbyname(host_name)
        print("Hostname :  ",host_name)
        print("IP : ",host_ip)
    except:
        print("Unable to get Hostname and IP")

# Driver code
get_Host_name_IP() #Function call

#This code is contributed by "Sharad_Bhardwaj".

Output: 

Hostname :   pppContainer
IP :  10.98.162.168

NOTE : Output varies machine to machine. 

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