Stopping an http.Server via channel. I want to use this for OAuth2 in an command line application, I don't want to be an web application.

http_serve_stop.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	// "os"
)

func main() {
	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":1413")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	stop := make(chan bool)
	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		w.Write([]byte("It works!"))
	})

	http.HandleFunc("/shutdown", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		w.Write([]byte("This will stop the server! \n"))
		stop <- true
	})

	server := http.Server{}
	go func() {
		server.Serve(ln)
	}()

	fmt.Printf("Servy-serv %s\n", ln.Addr().String())
	select {
	case <-stop:
		ln.Close()
	}

}

Just calling ln.Close() on Line 23 won't work, because Serve on http.Server just does what it says: Serving. Serve won't loop automatically, you have to do that yourself, which is surprisingly smart if you ask me.