Retrieve Information using domaintools api

Retrieve network information of computer connected to internet, using iptools xml api.

domaintools provides nice XML file with client network information. One can easily access this file to retrieve the information.

Imports System.Xml
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net

Public Class Form1
    Dim domainTools As New Dictionary(Of String, String)

    Private Sub retrieveInformation()

        Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument

        Dim webRequest As WebRequest = webRequest.Create("http://ip-address.domaintools.com/myip.xml")
        Dim webResponse As WebResponse = webRequest.GetResponse
        Dim webStream As Stream = webResponse.GetResponseStream

        xmlDoc.Load(webStream)

        For Each element As XmlNode In xmlDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes
            domainTools.Add(element.Name, element.InnerText)
        Next

        'domainTools dictionary now holds all the information
        'Usage :
        MsgBox(domainTools("ip_address"))

    End Sub

End Class

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