SWebServer 1.2.0

SWebServer

SWebServer is the simplest web server you can find on the Internet. It is a C# library to setup a web server in the fastest possible way. You can easily develop your response pages writing callbacks function. An example is included.

Source code is hosted on Github.

Description

Server implementations share a common interface, ISWebServer. Actually there are 2 main implementation of ISWebServer:

1. SWebServerTcp is built on top of Griffin.Framework. It doesn't require any privileges to run.
2. SWebServerNetsh is build on top of Netsh (utility provided by Window). It requires admin privileges to be run.

Installation

This package is published on Nuget to ease the integration with your project.

An alternative way is to clone and compile the example included in this library. The resulting SWebServer.dll and SWebServer.pdb files can be copied in your-project-path/bin/[debug|release]/, or in whatever folder you desire. You must be specify their location from Visual Studio (add a new Reference). SWebServer requires .NET v4.6.1.

Usage

To instantiate the web server based on TCP:

SWebServerTcp ws = new SWebServerTcp(SendResponse, 8081);

or Netsh-ed version:

SWebServerNetsh ws = new SWebServerNetsh(SendResponse, 8081);

where SendResponse is a function that manages the incoming requests, returning a string containg the body of the response. The simplest signature is:

string SendResponse(Stream request);

where the stream contains the payload (body) og HTTP request. Alternatively, a richer signature is:

string SendResponse(string method, string contentType, Stream request);

The response's code sent to the client is always 200, any error derived from your application should be managed in the response's body. To effectively start/stop the webserver:

ws.StartAndRun();
ws.Stop();

For more details check the example provided along with the source code.