diff --git a/src/liburing/socket.pxd b/src/liburing/socket.pxd
index fb8eda3..d73ea46 100644
--- a/src/liburing/socket.pxd
+++ b/src/liburing/socket.pxd
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from .queue cimport io_uring_sqe
 
 cdef class sockaddr:
     cdef:
+        bint free
         void* ptr
         socklen_t sizeof
         readonly sa_family_t family
diff --git a/src/liburing/socket.pyx b/src/liburing/socket.pyx
index d5df8d8..36c7d28 100644
--- a/src/liburing/socket.pyx
+++ b/src/liburing/socket.pyx
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ cdef class sockaddr:
             >>> addr = sockaddr(AF_INET, b'0.0.0.0', 12345)
             >>> addr = sockaddr(AF_INET6, b'::1', 12345)
             >>> bind(sockfd, addr)
+
+        Note
+            - `sockaddr()` is low level setup, letting you serve/connect directly using path/ip.
+            If you need higher level features you can use `getaddrinfo()` this lets you connect
+            using domain names, ...
     '''
     def __cinit__(self, sa_family_t family=0, char* addr=b'', in_port_t port=0,
                   uint32_t scope_id=0):
@@ -24,6 +29,7 @@ cdef class sockaddr:
             self.ptr = <void*>sockaddr_un(addr)
             if self.ptr is NULL:
                 memory_error(self)
+            self.free = True
             self.sizeof = sizeof(__sockaddr_un)
             self.family = family
 
@@ -33,6 +39,7 @@ cdef class sockaddr:
             self.ptr = <void*>sockaddr_in(addr, port)
             if self.ptr is NULL:
                 raise ValueError('`sockaddr(AF_INET)` - `addr` did not receive IPv4 address!')
+            self.free = True
             self.sizeof = sizeof(__sockaddr_in)
             self.family = family
 
@@ -42,21 +49,22 @@ cdef class sockaddr:
             self.ptr = <void*>sockaddr_in6(addr, port, scope_id)
             if self.ptr is NULL:
                 raise ValueError('`sockaddr(AF_INET6)` - `addr` did not receive IPv6 address!')
+            self.free = True
             self.sizeof = sizeof(__sockaddr_in6)
             self.family = family
 
-        elif not family:  # incoming
-            raise NotImplementedError
-        else:  # error
+        elif family:  # error
             raise NotImplementedError
 
     def __dealloc__(self):
-        if self.ptr is not NULL:
+        if self.free and self.ptr is not NULL:
             PyMem_RawFree(self.ptr)
             self.ptr = NULL
+            self.free = False
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f'{self.__class__.__name__}({self._test})' 
+    # TODO: return (host, port)
+    # def __repr__(self):
+    #     return f'{self.__class__.__name__}({self._test})' 
 
     @property
     def _test(self)-> dict:
@@ -504,7 +512,7 @@ cpdef enum io_uring_socket_op:
     SOCKET_URING_OP_GETSOCKOPT = __SOCKET_URING_OP_GETSOCKOPT
     SOCKET_URING_OP_SETSOCKOPT = __SOCKET_URING_OP_SETSOCKOPT
 
-# defines
+# setsockopt & getsockopt start >>>
 SOL_SOCKET = __SOL_SOCKET
 SO_DEBUG = __SO_DEBUG
 SO_REUSEADDR = __SO_REUSEADDR
@@ -550,3 +558,34 @@ SO_TIMESTAMPNS = __SO_TIMESTAMPNS
 SO_TIMESTAMPING = __SO_TIMESTAMPING
 SO_RCVTIMEO = __SO_RCVTIMEO
 SO_SNDTIMEO = __SO_SNDTIMEO
+# setsockopt & getsockopt end <<<
+
+cpdef enum SocketProto:
+    IPPROTO_IP = __IPPROTO_IP
+    IPPROTO_ICMP = __IPPROTO_ICMP
+    IPPROTO_IGMP = __IPPROTO_IGMP
+    IPPROTO_IPIP = __IPPROTO_IPIP
+    IPPROTO_TCP = __IPPROTO_TCP
+    IPPROTO_EGP = __IPPROTO_EGP
+    IPPROTO_PUP = __IPPROTO_PUP
+    IPPROTO_UDP = __IPPROTO_UDP
+    IPPROTO_IDP = __IPPROTO_IDP
+    IPPROTO_TP = __IPPROTO_TP
+    IPPROTO_DCCP = __IPPROTO_DCCP
+    IPPROTO_IPV6 = __IPPROTO_IPV6
+    IPPROTO_RSVP = __IPPROTO_RSVP
+    IPPROTO_GRE = __IPPROTO_GRE
+    IPPROTO_ESP = __IPPROTO_ESP
+    IPPROTO_AH = __IPPROTO_AH
+    IPPROTO_MTP = __IPPROTO_MTP
+    IPPROTO_BEETPH = __IPPROTO_BEETPH
+    IPPROTO_ENCAP = __IPPROTO_ENCAP
+    IPPROTO_PIM = __IPPROTO_PIM
+    IPPROTO_COMP = __IPPROTO_COMP
+    IPPROTO_L2TP = __IPPROTO_L2TP
+    IPPROTO_SCTP = __IPPROTO_SCTP
+    IPPROTO_UDPLITE = __IPPROTO_UDPLITE
+    IPPROTO_MPLS = __IPPROTO_MPLS
+    IPPROTO_ETHERNET = __IPPROTO_ETHERNET
+    IPPROTO_RAW = __IPPROTO_RAW
+    IPPROTO_MPTCP = __IPPROTO_MPTCP
diff --git a/src/liburing/socket_extra.pxd b/src/liburing/socket_extra.pxd
index 855260b..c019ccb 100644
--- a/src/liburing/socket_extra.pxd
+++ b/src/liburing/socket_extra.pxd
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ from .socket cimport *
 from .error cimport trap_error
 
 
+cdef class getaddrinfo:
+    cdef __addrinfo* ptr
+
+
 cpdef int bind(int sockfd, sockaddr addr) nogil
 cpdef int listen(int sockfd, int backlog) nogil
 cpdef int getpeername(int sockfd, sockaddr addr) nogil
diff --git a/src/liburing/socket_extra.pyx b/src/liburing/socket_extra.pyx
index 840ebe2..2b64f4a 100644
--- a/src/liburing/socket_extra.pyx
+++ b/src/liburing/socket_extra.pyx
@@ -1,12 +1,63 @@
 from libc.string cimport memset
 
 
+cdef class getaddrinfo:
+    def __cinit__(self, const char* host, char* port_service,
+                  int family=0, int type=0, int proto=0, int flags=0):
+        '''
+            Example
+                >>> for af_, sock_, proto, canon, addr in getaddrinfo(b'127.0.0.1', b'12345'):
+                ...     ...
+                ...     io_uring_prep_socket(sqe, af_, sock_)
+                ...     ...
+                ...     io_uring_prep_connect(sqe, sockfd, addr)
+                ...     ...
+                ...     break  # if connection successful break, else try next.
+        '''
+        # TODO: `port_service` should handle both `int` & `bytes` types.
+        cdef:
+            int no
+            __addrinfo hints
+
+        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(__addrinfo))
+        hints.ai_flags = flags
+        hints.ai_family = family
+        hints.ai_socktype = type
+        hints.ai_protocol = proto
+        if no := __getaddrinfo(host, port_service, &hints, &self.ptr):
+            trap_error(no, __gai_strerror(no).decode())
+
+    def __dealloc__(self):
+        if self.ptr is not NULL:
+            __freeaddrinfo(self.ptr)
+            self.ptr = NULL
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        cdef:
+            __addrinfo* p = self.ptr
+            sockaddr addr
+        while p.ai_next is not NULL:
+            addr = sockaddr()
+            addr.ptr = p.ai_addr
+            addr.family = p.ai_family
+            addr.sizeof = p.ai_addrlen
+            yield (
+                p.ai_family,
+                p.ai_socktype,
+                p.ai_protocol,
+                p.ai_canonname or b'',
+                addr
+            )
+            p = p.ai_next
+
+
 cpdef int bind(int sockfd, sockaddr addr) nogil:
     return trap_error(__bind(sockfd, <__sockaddr*>addr.ptr, addr.sizeof))
 
 cpdef int listen(int sockfd, int backlog) nogil:
     return trap_error(__listen(sockfd, backlog))
 
+# TODO
 cpdef int getpeername(int sockfd, sockaddr addr) nogil:
     ''' TODO '''
     return trap_error(__getpeername(sockfd, <__sockaddr*>addr.ptr, &addr.sizeof))
@@ -50,7 +101,6 @@ cpdef tuple[bytes, uint16_t] getsockname(int sockfd, sockaddr addr):
         raise TypeError('getsockname() - received `addr.family` type not supported!')
     return (ip, port)
 
-
 cpdef tuple getnameinfo(sockaddr addr, int flags=0):
     '''
         Example
diff --git a/test/socket/getaddinfo_test.py b/test/socket/getaddinfo_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..821273c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/socket/getaddinfo_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import pytest
+import liburing
+
+
+def test_getaddrinfo():
+    assert len(list(liburing.getaddrinfo(b'127.0.0.1', b'12345'))) == 2
+    assert len(list(liburing.getaddrinfo(b'python.org', b'80'))) > 12 < 33
+    for af_, sock_, proto, canon, addr in liburing.getaddrinfo(b'127.0.0.1', b'12345'):
+        assert af_ == liburing.AF_INET
+        assert sock_ == liburing.SOCK_STREAM
+        assert proto == liburing.IPPROTO_TCP
+        assert canon == b''
+        assert type(addr) is liburing.sockaddr
+        assert addr.family == liburing.AF_INET
+        break
+
+    msg = 'Servname not supported for ai_socktype'
+    with pytest.raises(OSError, match=msg):
+        liburing.getaddrinfo(b'127.0.0.1', b'123abc45')
diff --git a/test/socket/getsockname_test.py b/test/socket/getsockname_test.py
index abc9850..c281042 100644
--- a/test/socket/getsockname_test.py
+++ b/test/socket/getsockname_test.py
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ def test_getsockname(ring, cqe):
         liburing.io_uring_prep_close(sqe, sockfd)
         sqe.user_data = i+1
         assert liburing.io_uring_submit_and_wait_timeout(ring, cqe, 1, ts) == 1
-        sockfd = liburing.trap_error(cqe.res)
+        liburing.trap_error(cqe.res)
         assert cqe.user_data == i+1
         liburing.io_uring_cqe_seen(ring, cqe)