HttpListener Basic Example

gistfile1.cs

private void _ListenerProc()
        {
            if (_Listener != null)
                return;  //Start shouldn't have been called
            try
            {
                _Listener = new HttpListener();
                _Listener.Prefixes.Add("http://*:" + _Port.ToString() + VirtualDirectory);
                _Listener.Prefixes.Add("https://*:" + _SecurePort.ToString() + VirtualDirectory);
                _Listener.AuthenticationSchemeSelectorDelegate = new AuthenticationSchemeSelector(_GetAuthenticationScheme);
                //_Listener.AuthenticationSchemes = AuthenticationSchemes.Anonymous;
                _Listener.IgnoreWriteExceptions = true;
                _Listener.UnsafeConnectionNtlmAuthentication = true;
                _Listener.Start();

                ProcessContext process = new ProcessContext(_ProcessContext);
                while ((Thread.CurrentThread.ThreadState & System.Threading.ThreadState.AbortRequested) == 0)
                {
                    HttpListenerContext Context = _Listener.GetContext();
                    Interlocked.Increment(ref _PendingCallCount);
                    Log.LogInfo("Processing new HttpListenerContext");
                    AsyncHelper.FireAndForget(process, new object[] { Context });
                }
            }
            catch (ThreadAbortException)
            {

            }
            //catch (Exception e)
            //{
            //    Console.WriteLine("Caught Exception opening Listener");
            //    Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            //}
            finally
            {
                if (_Listener != null)
                    _Listener.Stop();
                _Listener.Close();
                _Listener = null;
            }
        }