domain(+Domain)

One of inet or inet6 to limit the results to the given family.

type(+Type)

One of stream or dgram.

canonname(+Boolean)

If true (default false), return the canonical host name in the frist answer

In mode (+,-,+) Address is unified to a dict with the following keys:

address

A Prolog terms describing the ip address.

domain

One of inet or inet6. The underlying getaddrinfo() calls this family. We use domain for consistency with socket_create/2.

type

Currently one of stream or dgram.

host

Available if canonname(true) is specified on the first returned address. Holds the official canonical host name.