diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 217f59f..e23530c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ chat_server
 chat_client
 udp_server
 udp_client
+http_request
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9646bd5..ee99078 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -ggdb -I.
 LDFLAGS=-lpthread
 
 all: hello_server hello_client hello_server_v6 hello_client_v6 chat_server \
-	chat_client udp_server udp_client
+	chat_client udp_server udp_client http_request
 
 hello_server: examples/hello_server.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o hello_server examples/hello_server.c $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ udp_server: examples/udp_server.c
 udp_client: examples/udp_client.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o udp_client examples/udp_client.c $(LDFLAGS)
 
+http_request: examples/http_request.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o http_request examples/http_request.c $(LDFLAGS)
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf chat_server
 	rm -rf chat_client
@@ -38,3 +41,4 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf hello_client_v6
 	rm -rf udp_server
 	rm -rf udp_client
+	rm -rf http_request
diff --git a/examples/http_request.c b/examples/http_request.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af12956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http_request.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define SOCK_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "sock.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    SockAddr addr = sock_addr("example.com", 80);
+    if (addr.type == SOCK_ADDR_INVALID) {
+        sock_log_errors();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    printf("%s:%d\n", addr.str, addr.port);
+
+    Sock *sock = sock_create(addr.type, SOCK_TCP);
+    if (sock == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "sock_create: ");
+        sock_log_errors();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (!sock_connect(sock, addr)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "sock_connect: ");
+        sock_log_errors();
+        sock_close(sock);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    const char *req =
+        "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+        "Host: example.com\r\n"
+        "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";
+
+    sock_send(sock, req, strlen(req));
+
+    char res[1024];
+    memset(res, 0, sizeof(res));
+    while (sock_recv(sock, res, sizeof(res)-1) > 0) {
+        printf("%s\n", res);
+        memset(res, 0, sizeof(res));
+    }
+
+    sock_close(sock);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/sock.h b/sock.h
index 1f0a944..6661709 100644
--- a/sock.h
+++ b/sock.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// sock - v1.1.0 - MIT License - https://github.com/seajee/sock.h
+// sock - v1.2.0 - MIT License - https://github.com/seajee/sock.h
 
 #ifndef SOCK_H_
 #define SOCK_H_
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -13,8 +14,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define SOCK_ADDR_STR_CAPACITY 64
-
 typedef enum {
     SOCK_ADDR_INVALID,
     SOCK_IPV4,
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ typedef enum {
 } SockAddrType;
 
 typedef struct {
-    SockAddrType type;                // Address type
-    int port;                         // Address port
-    char str[SOCK_ADDR_STR_CAPACITY]; // String representation of the address
+    SockAddrType type;          // Address type
+    int port;                   // Address port
+    char str[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN]; // String representation of the address
     union {
         struct sockaddr sockaddr;
         struct sockaddr_in ipv4;
@@ -90,21 +89,42 @@ SockAddr sock_addr(const char *addr, int port)
 
     if (inet_pton(AF_INET, addr, &sa.ipv4.sin_addr) == 1) {
         sa.type = SOCK_IPV4;
-        sa.len = sizeof(sa.ipv4);
         sa.ipv4.sin_family = AF_INET;
         sa.ipv4.sin_port = htons(port);
+        sa.len = sizeof(sa.ipv4);
+        strncpy(sa.str, addr, sizeof(sa.str));
     } else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, addr, &sa.ipv6.sin6_addr) == 1) {
         sa.type = SOCK_IPV6;
-        sa.len = sizeof(sa.ipv6);
         sa.ipv6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
         sa.ipv6.sin6_port = htons(port);
+        sa.len = sizeof(sa.ipv6);
+        strncpy(sa.str, addr, sizeof(sa.str));
     } else {
-        sa.type = SOCK_ADDR_INVALID;
-        return sa;
+        struct addrinfo *res;
+        if (getaddrinfo(addr, NULL, NULL, &res) != 0) {
+            // TODO: specific errors from getaddrinfo are ignored for logging
+            sa.type = SOCK_ADDR_INVALID;
+            return sa;
+        }
+
+        if (res->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+            sa.type = SOCK_IPV4;
+            sa.ipv4 = *(struct sockaddr_in*)res->ai_addr;
+            sa.ipv4.sin_port = htons(port);
+            sa.len = sizeof(sa.ipv4);
+            inet_ntop(AF_INET, &sa.ipv4.sin_addr, sa.str, sizeof(sa.str));
+        } else {
+            sa.type = SOCK_IPV6;
+            sa.ipv6 = *(struct sockaddr_in6*)res->ai_addr;
+            sa.ipv6.sin6_port = htons(port);
+            sa.len = sizeof(sa.ipv6);
+            inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &sa.ipv6.sin6_addr, sa.str, sizeof(sa.str));
+        }
+
+        freeaddrinfo(res);
     }
 
     sa.port = port;
-    strncpy(sa.str, addr, sizeof(sa.str));
 
     return sa;
 }
@@ -291,6 +311,7 @@ void sock_log_errors(void)
 /*
     Revision history:
 
+        1.2.0 (2025-04-26) sock_addr can now resolve hostnames
         1.1.0 (2025-04-26) New sock_log_errors function
                            Fill new Sock's SockAddr after a sock_accept
                            Save remove SockAddr in Sock in sock_connect