# nscd-lookup – look up IP addresses using nscd
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[](https://crates.io/crates/nscd-lookup)
[](https://docs.rs/nscd-lookup/)
Explicitly querying [`nscd`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/nscd.8.html) might come in handy
if your program runs in a container or jail without direct internet access, but you still need to
look up a domain name for some reason.
```rust,ignore
use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
use nscd_lookup::sync::lookup;
let localhost: Vec<IpAddr> = lookup("localhost", &mut Vec::new(), None)
.expect("should be able to look up addresses")
.expect("address list should not be empty")
.collect();
assert!(localhost.contains(&IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST)));
assert!(localhost.contains(&IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::LOCALHOST)));
```
Or with the feature `"tokio"`:
```rust,ignore
use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
use nscd_lookup::tokio::lookup;
let localhost: Vec<IpAddr> = lookup("localhost", &mut Vec::new(), None)
.await
.expect("should be able to look up addresses")
.expect("address list should not be empty")
.collect();
assert!(localhost.contains(&IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST)));
assert!(localhost.contains(&IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::LOCALHOST)));
```