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George2
April 2nd, 2008, 07:01 AM
Hello everyone,


I need to build up using C# HTTP Server (HTTP Listener, which could parse various HTTP fields, like post data and return response) and I also need to get an HTTP client which could package various HTTP fields (like URL, post data, etc.).

Are there any sample codes to recommend? I searched MSDN, failed to find any complete client and server samples. I have searched some other samples, which is built on TCP listener, and manually package/unpackage from TCP other than HTTP package level.


thanks in advance,
George
boudino
April 2nd, 2008, 07:41 AM
Look in System.Net Namespace, especialy on HttpListener class. There is such an example in MSDN:

public static void SimpleListenerExample(string[] prefixes)
{
if (!HttpListener.IsSupported)
{
Console.WriteLine ("Windows XP SP2 or Server 2003 is required to use the HttpListener class.");
return;
}
// URI prefixes are required,
// for example "http://contoso.com:8080/index/".
if (prefixes == null || prefixes.Length == 0)
throw new ArgumentException("prefixes");

// Create a listener.
HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
// Add the prefixes.
foreach (string s in prefixes)
{
listener.Prefixes.Add(s);
}
listener.Start();
Console.WriteLine("Listening...");
// Note: The GetContext method blocks while waiting for a request.
HttpListenerContext context = listener.GetContext();
HttpListenerRequest request = context.Request;
// Obtain a response object.
HttpListenerResponse response = context.Response;
// Construct a response.
string responseString = "<HTML><BODY> Hello world!</BODY></HTML>";
byte[] buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(responseString);
// Get a response stream and write the response to it.
response.ContentLength64 = buffer.Length;
System.IO.Stream output = response.OutputStream;
output.Write(buffer,0,buffer.Length);
// You must close the output stream.
output.Close();
listener.Stop();
}


Is it what you need?
George2
April 2nd, 2008, 07:47 AM
Thanks boudino,


Your sample code only contain server side, no client side HTTP package tool. :-)

What I read is,

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/CSHTTPServer.aspx

It is TCP based, and what I want is HTTP based.

Look in System.Net Namespace, especialy on HttpListener class. There is such an example in MSDN:

public static void SimpleListenerExample(string[] prefixes)
{
if (!HttpListener.IsSupported)
{
Console.WriteLine ("Windows XP SP2 or Server 2003 is required to use the HttpListener class.");
return;
}
// URI prefixes are required,
// for example "http://contoso.com:8080/index/".
if (prefixes == null || prefixes.Length == 0)
throw new ArgumentException("prefixes");

// Create a listener.
HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
// Add the prefixes.
foreach (string s in prefixes)
{
listener.Prefixes.Add(s);
}
listener.Start();
Console.WriteLine("Listening...");
// Note: The GetContext method blocks while waiting for a request.
HttpListenerContext context = listener.GetContext();
HttpListenerRequest request = context.Request;
// Obtain a response object.
HttpListenerResponse response = context.Response;
// Construct a response.
string responseString = "<HTML><BODY> Hello world!</BODY></HTML>";
byte[] buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(responseString);
// Get a response stream and write the response to it.
response.ContentLength64 = buffer.Length;
System.IO.Stream output = response.OutputStream;
output.Write(buffer,0,buffer.Length);
// You must close the output stream.
output.Close();
listener.Stop();
}


Is it what you need?


regards,
George