[#LookupHost-0b]
= LookupHost
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Resolve a host string to its corresponding network addresses.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<netbase.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
std::vector<CNetAddr>
LookupHost(
    std::string const& name,
    unsigned int nMaxSolutions,
    bool fAllowLookup,
    xref:DNSLookupFn.adoc[DNSLookupFn] dns_lookup_function = g_dns_lookup);
----

== Return Value

The resulting network addresses to which the specified host string resolved.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *name*
| The string representing a host. Could be a name or a numerical IP address (IPv6 addresses in their bracketed form are allowed).
| *nMaxSolutions*
| The maximum number of addresses to return; 0 means no limit.
| *fAllowLookup*
| Whether DNS lookups are permitted.
| *dns_lookup_function*
| The resolver used to perform the lookup.
|===

== See Also

Lookup(const std::string&, uint16_t, bool, unsigned int, DNSLookupFn) for additional parameter descriptions.


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