You can write your own HTTP server with the HttpListener class.
The following is a simple server that listens on port 99999, waits for a single client request, and then returns a message.
HttpListener does not work on operating systems prior to Windows XP.
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
class ThreadTest
{
static void Main()
{
new System.Threading.Thread(Listen).Start(); // Run server in parallel.
Thread.Sleep (500); // Wait half a second.
WebClient wc = new WebClient(); // Make a client request.
Console.WriteLine(wc.DownloadString("http://localhost:999/Request.txt"));
}
static void Listen()
{
HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
listener.Prefixes.Add("http://localhost:999/MyApp/"); // Listen on
listener.Start(); // port 999
// Wait for a client request:
HttpListenerContext context = listener.GetContext();
// Respond to the request:
string msg = "You asked for: " + context.Request.RawUrl;
context.Response.ContentLength64 = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(msg);
context.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.OK;
using (Stream s = context.Response.OutputStream)
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(s))
writer.Write(msg);
listener.Stop();
}
}