<p>How can I find local IP addresses (i.e. 192.168.x.x or 10.0.x.x) in Python platform independently and using only the standard library?</p>

```
```
import socket
socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
```
```
This won't work always (returns
```
127.0.0.1
```
on machines having the hostname in
```
/etc/hosts
```
as
```
127.0.0.1
```
), a paliative would be what gimel shows, use
```
socket.getfqdn()
```
instead. Of course your machine needs a resolvable hostname.