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API in C using winsock

// Updated 28 August 2011 by hel

#include <stdio.h>

#include <winsock2.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")

#include <windows.h>

#include <string.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include "md5.h"

#include "mikrotik-api.h"

/********************************************************************

* Connect to API

* Returns a socket descriptor

********************************************************************/

int apiConnect(char *szIPaddr, int iPort)

{

int fdSock;

struct sockaddr_in address;

int iConnectResult;

int iLen;

WORD versionWanted = MAKEWORD(1,1);

WSADATA wsaData;

WSAStartup(versionWanted, &wsaData);

fdSock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

address.sin_family = AF_INET;

address.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(szIPaddr);

address.sin_port = htons(iPort);

iLen = sizeof(address);

DEBUG ? printf("Connecting to %s\n", szIPaddr) : 0;

iConnectResult = connect(fdSock, (struct sockaddr *)&address, iLen);

if(iConnectResult==-1)

{

perror ("Connection problem");

exit(1);

}

else

{

DEBUG ? printf("Successfully connected to %s\n", szIPaddr) : 0;