PowerBuilder

Resolve Domain to IP Address

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Demonstrates how to perform a DNS query to obtain A records for resolving a domain name to an IPv4 address. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Dns
oleobject loo_Json
string ls_Name
integer li_Ttl
string ls_Ipv4
integer i
integer li_Count_i

li_Success = 0

loo_Dns = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Dns.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Dns")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Dns
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0

li_Success = loo_Dns.Query("A","microsoft.com",loo_Json)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Dns.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Dns
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()

// Sample response.
// Parsing code below..

// {
//   "answer": {
//     "a": [
//       {
//         "name": "microsoft.com",
//         "ttl": 1528,
//         "ipv4": "20.112.250.133"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "microsoft.com",
//         "ttl": 1528,
//         "ipv4": "20.231.239.246"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "microsoft.com",
//         "ttl": 1528,
//         "ipv4": "20.76.201.171"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "microsoft.com",
//         "ttl": 1528,
//         "ipv4": "20.70.246.20"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "microsoft.com",
//         "ttl": 1528,
//         "ipv4": "20.236.44.162"
//       }
//     ]
//   }
// }

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

i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("answer.a")
do while i < li_Count_i
    loo_Json.I = i
    ls_Name = loo_Json.StringOf("answer.a[i].name")
    li_Ttl = loo_Json.IntOf("answer.a[i].ttl")
    ls_Ipv4 = loo_Json.StringOf("answer.a[i].ipv4")
    i = i + 1
loop


destroy loo_Dns
destroy loo_Json