public void ListenAsynchronously(IEnumerable <string> prefixes)
{
HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
foreach (string s in prefixes)
{
listener.Prefixes.Add(s);
}
listener.Start();
HttpListenerCallbackState state = new HttpListenerCallbackState(listener);
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(Listen, state);
}
private void ListenerCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
HttpListenerCallbackState callbackState = (HttpListenerCallbackState)ar.AsyncState;
HttpListenerContext context = null;
int requestNumber = Interlocked.Increment(ref requestCounter);
try
{
context = callbackState.Listener.EndGetContext(ar);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return;
}
finally
{
callbackState.ListenForNextRequest.Set();
}
if (context == null)
{
return;
}
HttpListenerRequest request = context.Request;
if (request.HasEntityBody)
{
using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(request.InputStream, request.ContentEncoding))
{
string requestData = sr.ReadToEnd();
//Stuff I do with the request happens here
}
}
try
{
using (HttpListenerResponse response = context.Response)
{
//response stuff happens here
string responseString = "Ok";
byte[] buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(responseString);
response.ContentLength64 = buffer.LongLength;
response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
response.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
}
private void Listen(object state)
{
HttpListenerCallbackState callbackState = (HttpListenerCallbackState)state;
while (callbackState.Listener.IsListening)
{
callbackState.Listener.BeginGetContext(new AsyncCallback(ListenerCallback), callbackState);
int n = WaitHandle.WaitAny(new WaitHandle[] { callbackState.ListenForNextRequest, stopEvent });
if (n == 1)
{
// stopEvent was signalled
callbackState.Listener.Stop();
break;
}
}
}