socket.inet_pton() - socket

Convert an IP address from its family-specific string format to a packed,
binary format. inet_pton() is useful when a library or network protocol
calls for an object of type struct in_addr (similar to
inet_aton()) or struct in6_addr.

Syntax

socket.inet_pton(address_family, ip_string)

Example

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