int _ResolveIPv4Address(const char* ipv4_str, char* buffer, int bufferSize)

{

    struct addrinfo hints, *res;

    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));

    hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;

    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;

    hints.ai_flags = AI_DEFAULT;

    int error = getaddrinfo(ipv4_str, "http", &hints, &res);

    if (error)

    {

        /*NOTREACHED*/

        return error;

    }

    // get the first

    if (res->ai_family == AF_INET6)

    {

        // get ipv6 address

        struct sockaddr_in6* ipv6 = (struct sockaddr_in6*)res->ai_addr;

        inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &ipv6->sin6_addr, buffer, bufferSize);

    }

    else

    {

        // get ipv4 address

        struct sockaddr_in* ipv4 = (struct sockaddr_in*)res->ai_addr;

        inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ipv4->sin_addr, buffer, bufferSize);

    }

    freeaddrinfo(res);

    return 0;

}