How to get Netstat info through the Use of API's in delphi 7

Question

I have been given a task of finding the info abt n/w or, the info which is given by the netstat command in Windows. Now, I have been told to use some API for extracting that information. Any API which is available for delphi 7 for this task will be helpful. I have come across this API, the IP helper API , but i cannot find that in my PC. i could only find the DLL 'iphlpapi.dll' in C:\Windows\System32. Also, there seems to be very less information on how to use this particular API. Please help.

Thanks IN advance

P.S. Earlier i was doing the same by executing the Netstat command, writing the output to a text file, and then parsing the same for display, which for me, is a Perfectly fine approach. My sir however is not fine with it. What is the cause, i could not fathom.

Answer 1

Check these windows functions GetTcpTable, GetUdpTable, GetExtendedTcpTable, GetExtendedUdpTable.

UPDATE

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  WinSock,
  Windows,
  SysUtils;

const
   ANY_SIZE = 1;
   iphlpapi = 'iphlpapi.dll';
   TCP_TABLE_OWNER_PID_ALL = 5;

   MIB_TCP_STATE:
   array[1..12] of string = ('CLOSED', 'LISTEN', 'SYN-SENT ','SYN-RECEIVED', 'ESTABLISHED', 'FIN-WAIT-1',
                             'FIN-WAIT-2', 'CLOSE-WAIT', 'CLOSING','LAST-ACK', 'TIME-WAIT', 'delete TCB');

type
  TCP_TABLE_CLASS = Integer;

  PMibTcpRowOwnerPid = ^TMibTcpRowOwnerPid;
  TMibTcpRowOwnerPid  = packed record
    dwState     : DWORD;
    dwLocalAddr : DWORD;
    dwLocalPort : DWORD;
    dwRemoteAddr: DWORD;
    dwRemotePort: DWORD;
    dwOwningPid : DWORD;
    end;

  PMIB_TCPTABLE_OWNER_PID  = ^MIB_TCPTABLE_OWNER_PID;
  MIB_TCPTABLE_OWNER_PID = packed record
   dwNumEntries: DWORD;
   table: Array [0..ANY_SIZE - 1] of TMibTcpRowOwnerPid;
  end;

var
   GetExtendedTcpTable:function  (pTcpTable: Pointer; dwSize: PDWORD; bOrder: BOOL; lAf: ULONG; TableClass: TCP_TABLE_CLASS; Reserved: ULONG): DWord; stdcall;

procedure ShowCurrentTCPConnections;
var
   Error      : DWORD;
   TableSize  : DWORD;
   i          : integer;
   IpAddress  : in_addr;
   RemoteIp   : string;
   LocalIp    : string;
   pTcpTable  : PMIB_TCPTABLE_OWNER_PID;
begin
  TableSize := 0;
  //Get the size o the tcp table
  Error := GetExtendedTcpTable(nil, @TableSize, False, AF_INET, TCP_TABLE_OWNER_PID_ALL, 0);
  if Error <> ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER then exit;

  //alocate the buffer
  GetMem(pTcpTable, TableSize);
  try
   Writeln(Format('%-16s %-6s %-16s %-6s %s',['Local IP','Port','Remote IP','Port','Status']));
   //get the tcp table data
   if GetExtendedTcpTable(pTcpTable, @TableSize, TRUE, AF_INET, TCP_TABLE_OWNER_PID_ALL, 0) = NO_ERROR then
      for i := 0 to pTcpTable.dwNumEntries - 1 do
      begin
         IpAddress.s_addr := pTcpTable.Table[i].dwRemoteAddr;
         RemoteIp         := string(inet_ntoa(IpAddress));
         IpAddress.s_addr := pTcpTable.Table[i].dwLocalAddr;
         LocalIp          := string(inet_ntoa(IpAddress));
         Writeln(Format('%-16s %-6d %-16s %-6d %s',[LocalIp,pTcpTable.Table[i].dwLocalPort,RemoteIp,pTcpTable.Table[i].dwRemotePort,MIB_TCP_STATE[pTcpTable.Table[i].dwState]]));
      end;
  finally
     FreeMem(pTcpTable);
  end;
end;

var
   hModule : THandle;
begin
  try
    hModule             := LoadLibrary(iphlpapi);
    GetExtendedTcpTable := GetProcAddress(hModule, 'GetExtendedTcpTable');
    ShowCurrentTCPConnections;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;
  Readln;
end.