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Get Local Network Adapter Addresses

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Demonstrates Socket.GetAdaptersAddresses, which populates a JsonObject with information about local network adapters, including IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, and MAC addresses.

Tip: Code to parse the returned JSON can be generated with Chilkat's online tool at https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse.

Background. This provides a portable way to enumerate the host's network interfaces and their addresses.

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C++
#include <CkSocket.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkSocket socket;

    //  Populate a JsonObject with information about the local network adapters, including IPv4 addresses,
    //  IPv6 addresses, and MAC addresses.
    CkJsonObject json;
    success = socket.GetAdaptersAddresses(json);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << socket.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    const char *jsonStr = json.emit();
    std::cout << jsonStr << "\r\n";
    //  JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
    //  https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse
    }