Get IP Address from mDNS

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Created Jun ’19

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Hi,

I got an ESP8266 with configured as an Webserver with mdns so I can connect in a browser with "esp8266.local"

How Can I convert the esp8266.local in an IP Address so that i can do an http request to this device.

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Apple

Jun ’19

Can I convert the esp8266.local in an IP Address so that i can do an http request to this device.

I generally recommend that you avoid doing that [1]. Instead put the local DNS name in the URL, for example,

http://esp8266.local/index.html

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[1] Resolving to a specific IP address causes all sorts of problems, including:

In mixed IPv6 and legacy IPv4 environments, you may end connecting to the wrong address.
If the IP address changes, your connection will fail.

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