Visual FoxPro

DNS Query AAAA Records

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Shows how to perform a DNS query to retrieve AAAA records.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or later.

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loDns
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lnTtl
LOCAL lcIpv6
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnCount_i

lnSuccess = 0

loDns = CreateObject('Chilkat.Dns')

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.EmitCompact = 0

lnSuccess = loDns.Query("AAAA","x.com",loJson)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loDns.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loDns
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? loJson.Emit()

*  Sample response.
*  Parsing code below..

*  {
*    "answer": {
*      "aaaa": [
*        {
*          "name": "x.com",
*          "ttl": 229,
*          "ipv6": "2606:4700:4400::ac40:96f2"
*        },
*        {
*          "name": "x.com",
*          "ttl": 229,
*          "ipv6": "2606:4700:4400::6812:250e"
*        }
*      ]
*    }
*  }

*  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
*  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

i = 0
lnCount_i = loJson.SizeOfArray("answer.aaaa")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJson.I = i
    lcName = loJson.StringOf("answer.aaaa[i].name")
    lnTtl = loJson.IntOf("answer.aaaa[i].ttl")
    lcIpv6 = loJson.StringOf("answer.aaaa[i].ipv6")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

RELEASE loDns
RELEASE loJson