Basic read-only HTTP file server HttpListener
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This example must be run in administrative mode.
Only one simultaneous client is supported.
For simplicity, filenames are assumed to be all ASCII (for the filename part in the Content-Disposition header) and file access errors are not handled.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Net; class HttpFileServer { private static HttpListenerResponse response; private static HttpListener listener; private static string baseFilesystemPath; static void Main(string[] args) { if (!HttpListener.IsSupported) { Console.WriteLine( "*** HttpListener requires at least Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003."); return; } if(args.Length < 2) { Console.WriteLine("Basic read-only HTTP file server"); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Usage: httpfileserver <base filesystem path> <port>"); Console.WriteLine("Request format: http://url:port/path/to/file.ext"); return; } baseFilesystemPath = Path.GetFullPath(args[0]); var port = int.Parse(args[1]); listener = new HttpListener(); listener.Prefixes.Add("http://*:" + port + "/"); listener.Start(); Console.WriteLine("--- Server stated, base path is: " + baseFilesystemPath); Console.WriteLine("--- Listening, exit with Ctrl-C"); try { ServerLoop(); } catch(Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex); if(response != null) { SendErrorResponse(500, "Internal server error"); } } } static void ServerLoop() { while(true) { var context = listener.GetContext(); var request = context.Request; response = context.Response; var fileName = request.RawUrl.Substring(1); Console.WriteLine( "--- Got {0} request for: {1}", request.HttpMethod, fileName); if (request.HttpMethod.ToUpper() != "GET") { SendErrorResponse(405, "Method must be GET"); continue; } var fullFilePath = Path.Combine(baseFilesystemPath, fileName); if(!File.Exists(fullFilePath)) { SendErrorResponse(404, "File not found"); continue; } Console.Write(" Sending file..."); using (var fileStream = File.OpenRead(fullFilePath)) { response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"; response.ContentLength64 = (new FileInfo(fullFilePath)).Length; response.AddHeader( "Content-Disposition", "Attachment; filename=\"" + Path.GetFileName(fullFilePath) + "\""); fileStream.CopyTo(response.OutputStream); } response.OutputStream.Close(); response = null; Console.WriteLine(" Ok!"); } } static void SendErrorResponse(int statusCode, string statusResponse) { response.ContentLength64 = 0; response.StatusCode = statusCode; response.StatusDescription = statusResponse; response.OutputStream.Close(); Console.WriteLine("*** Sent error: {0} {1}", statusCode, statusResponse); } }
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