# This is a super **SIMPLE** example of how to create a very basic powershell webserver # 2019-05-18 UPDATE — Created by me and and evalued by @jakobii and the comunity. # Http Server $http = [System.Net.HttpListener]::new() # Hostname and port to listen on $http.Prefixes.Add("http://localhost:8080/") # Start the Http Server $http.Start() # Log ready message to terminal if ($http.IsListening) { write-host " HTTP Server Ready! " -f 'black' -b 'gre' write-host "now try going to $($http.Prefixes)" -f 'y' write-host "then try going to $($http.Prefixes)other/path" -f 'y' } # INFINTE LOOP # Used to listen for requests try { while ($http.IsListening) { # Get Request Url # When a request is made in a web browser the GetContext() method will return a request object # Our route examples below will use the request object properties to decide how to respond $contextTask = $http.GetContextAsync() # Waits in 200ms increments for a request. We do this to allow pipeline stops to be processed (i.e. CTRL+C) # Credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/9n2q03/comment/e7ju5w4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 while (-not $contextTask.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(200)) { } $context = $contextTask.GetAwaiter().GetResult() # ROUTE EXAMPLE 1 # http://127.0.0.1/ if ($context.Request.HttpMethod -eq 'GET' -and $context.Request.RawUrl -eq '/') { # We can log the request to the terminal write-host "$($context.Request.UserHostAddress) => $($context.Request.Url)" -f 'mag' # the html/data you want to send to the browser # you could replace this with: [string]$html = Get-Content "C:\some\path\index.html" -Raw [string]$html = "
home page
" #resposed to the request $buffer = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($html) # convert htmtl to bytes $context.Response.ContentLength64 = $buffer.Length $context.Response.OutputStream.Write($buffer, 0, $buffer.Length) #stream to broswer $context.Response.OutputStream.Close() # close the response } # ROUTE EXAMPLE 2 # http://127.0.0.1/some/form' if ($context.Request.HttpMethod -eq 'GET' -and $context.Request.RawUrl -eq '/some/form') { # We can log the request to the terminal write-host "$($context.Request.UserHostAddress) => $($context.Request.Url)" -f 'mag' [string]$html = "Post Successful!
" #resposed to the request $buffer = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($html) $context.Response.ContentLength64 = $buffer.Length $context.Response.OutputStream.Write($buffer, 0, $buffer.Length) $context.Response.OutputStream.Close() } # powershell will continue looping and listen for new requests... } } finally { $http.Stop() }