Ruby

Get Local Network Adapter Addresses

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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require 'chilkat'

success = false

socket = Chilkat::CkSocket.new()

#  Populate a JsonObject with information about the local network adapters, including IPv4 addresses,
#  IPv6 addresses, and MAC addresses.
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = socket.GetAdaptersAddresses(json)
if (success == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

json.put_EmitCompact(false)
jsonStr = json.emit()
print jsonStr + "\n";
#  JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
#  https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse