GetHost
View SourceA cross-platform Elixir library for retrieving the fully qualified hostname of a system. This library provides a unified interface for getting hostname information across different operating systems (macOS, Linux, and Windows).
Features
- Platform-specific hostname resolution
- IPv6 address expansion support
- Cross-platform compatibility (macOS, Linux, Windows)
- Simple and consistent API
Usage
# Get the fully qualified hostname
{:ok, hostname} = GetHost.name()
The library handles platform-specific behavior:
- On macOS: Returns the fully qualified domain name of the localhost
- On Linux and Windows: Returns the IPv4 address or the expanded IPv6 address of the localhost
Installation
The package can be installed by adding get_host
to your list of dependencies in mix.exs
:
def deps do
[
{:get_host, "~> 1.0"}
]
end
Documentation can be generated with ExDoc and published on HexDocs. Once published, the docs can be found at https://hexdocs.pm/get_host.
Tested Platforms
- Ubuntu 22.04 / Elixir 1.19 / OTP 28
- Ubuntu 22.04 / Elixir 1.18 / OTP 28
- Ubuntu 22.04 / Elixir 1.18 / OTP 27
- Ubuntu 22.04 / Elixir 1.17 / OTP 27
- Ubuntu 22.04 / Elixir 1.16 / OTP 26
- Ubuntu 22.04 / Elixir 1.15 / OTP 25
- Windows 2022 / Elixir 1.19 / OTP 28
- Windows 2022 / Elixir 1.18 / OTP 28
- Windows 2019 / Elixir 1.18 / OTP 28
License
Copyright (c) 2025 University of Kitakyushu
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.