Django - How to simply get domain name?

Question

Firstly, I want to say that I'm a beginner in Django.

I'm looking for a simple way to retrieve the domain name of my Django website.

I want to do this in my settings.py. I've already tried with the socket something like this:

socket.gethostname()

but this doesn't work correctly.

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:02

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If you have a request object,do

request.META['HTTP_HOST']

This would return the hostname

answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:02

Imprfectluck

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Probably better to use `request.get_host()` ([docs link](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpRequest.get_host)), since HTTP_HOST is not the only way to find the host name. – S. Kirby Apr 19 '16 at 19:18

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:00

9

If you're using django.contrib.sites framework:

from django.contrib.sites.models import Site

your_domain = Site.objects.get_current().domain

answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:00

Amaury Medeiros

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 13:57

0

import platform
platform.node()

from the docs:

"Returns the computer’s network name (may not be fully qualified!). An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined."

answered Apr 29 '15 at 13:57

Corey Goldberg

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I'm having trouble understanding how this would work in the case of virtual hosts / server blocks. Does it? If so...how? – rnevius Apr 29 '15 at 14:06
Won't work with virtual hosts. – bruno desthuilliers Apr 29 '15 at 14:15

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