Powershell HTTP server in background thread (could be easily killed)

http_server.ps1

$ServerThreadCode = {
    $listener = New-Object System.Net.HttpListener
    $listener.Prefixes.Add('http://+:8008/')
 
    $listener.Start()
 
    while ($listener.IsListening) {
 
        $context = $listener.GetContext() # blocks until request is received
        $request = $context.Request
        $response = $context.Response
        $message = "Testing server"
       
        # This will terminate the script. Remove from production!
        if ($request.Url -match '/end$') { break }
     
        [byte[]] $buffer = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($message)
        $response.ContentLength64 = $buffer.length
        $response.StatusCode = 500
        $output = $response.OutputStream
        $output.Write($buffer, 0, $buffer.length)
        $output.Close()
    }
 
    $listener.Stop()
}
  
$serverJob = Start-Job $ServerThreadCode
Write-Host "Listening..."
Write-Host "Press Ctrl+C to terminate" 
 
[console]::TreatControlCAsInput = $true

# Wait for it all to complete
while ($serverJob.State -eq "Running")
{
     if ([console]::KeyAvailable) {
        $key = [system.console]::readkey($true)
        if (($key.modifiers -band [consolemodifiers]"control") -and ($key.key -eq "C"))
        {
            Write-Host "Terminating..."
            $serverJob | Stop-Job 
            Remove-Job $serverJob
            break
        }
    }
    
    Start-Sleep -s 1
}
 
# Getting the information back from the jobs
Get-Job | Receive-Job

I managed to stop the listener by a little dirty way:

try { $result = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://localhost:888/end" } catch { Write-Host "Listener ended" }

if this is terminating, you should change the ports and dont forget to run it as administrator
to stop it just press ctrl+c

Made minor changes to include @ASfSDlS61TLT6eoP3Qb7 suggestions.

https://gist.github.com/mark05e/089b6668895345dd274fe5076f8e1271