HttpListener.Start Method

public:
 void Start();

public void Start();

member this.Start : unit -> unit

Public Sub Start ()

The following code example demonstrates using the Start method to begin processing incoming requests.

public static void NonblockingListener(string [] prefixes)
{
    HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
    foreach (string s in prefixes)
    {
        listener.Prefixes.Add(s);
    }
    listener.Start();
    IAsyncResult result = listener.BeginGetContext(new AsyncCallback(ListenerCallback),listener);
    // Applications can do some work here while waiting for the
    // request. If no work can be done until you have processed a request,
    // use a wait handle to prevent this thread from terminating
    // while the asynchronous operation completes.
    Console.WriteLine("Waiting for request to be processed asyncronously.");
    result.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne();
    Console.WriteLine("Request processed asyncronously.");
    listener.Close();
}

Public Shared Sub NonblockingListener(ByVal prefixes As String())
    Dim listener As HttpListener = New HttpListener()

    For Each s As String In prefixes
        listener.Prefixes.Add(s)
    Next

    listener.Start()
    Dim result As IAsyncResult = listener.BeginGetContext(New AsyncCallback(AddressOf ListenerCallback), listener)
    ' Applications can do some work here while waiting for the 
    ' request. If no work can be done until you have processed a request,
    ' use a wait handle to prevent this thread from terminating
    ' while the asynchronous operation completes.
    Console.WriteLine("Waiting for request to be processed asyncronously.")
    result.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne()
    Console.WriteLine("Request processed asyncronously.")
    listener.Close()
End Sub

This method must be called before you call the GetContext or BeginGetContext method.

After you have started an HttpListener object, you can use the Stop method to stop it.

This member outputs trace information when you enable network tracing in your application. For more information, see Network Tracing in the .NET Framework.