hostname-service

A simple program that integrates with Windows Services to retrieve the hostname given an IP address.

Prerequisites

• At least python3.10 or higher (may work on lower versions but untested)
• python and pip are in your environmental variables (python --version)
• pip install pywin32

Installation

1. Download hostname-service.py file
2. Open terminal as admin
3. python hostname_service.py run

Program Run Options

Use python hostname_service.py and one of the following option names.

Option Name	Description
run	Start the server in standalone mode
install	Create a Windows Service entry
start	Start the Windows service
stop	Stop the Windows service
restart	Stop then Start the Windows service
remove	Removes the Windows Service entry
debug	Runs the Windows service in debug mode

How to use

1. Make a post request to http://127.0.0.1:8999 with a body payload of {"ip":"8.8.8.8"}
2. Should return {"hostname": "dns.google"}