Simple HTTP Server

function Load-Packages
{
    param ([string] $directory = 'Packages')
    $assemblies = Get-ChildItem $directory -Recurse -Filter '*.dll' | Select -Expand FullName
    foreach ($assembly in $assemblies) { [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($assembly) }
}

Load-Packages

$url = 'http://*:4242/'
$listener = New-Object System.Net.HttpListener
$listener.Prefixes.Add($url)
$listener.Start()

Write-Host "Listening at $url..."

while ($listener.IsListening)
{
    $context = $listener.GetContext()
    $requestUrl = $context.Request.Url
    $response = $context.Response

    Write-Host ''
    Write-Host "> $requestUrl"

    $localPath = $requestUrl.LocalPath

    $buffer = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes('<html><body>Hello world!</body></html>')
    $response.ContentLength64 = $buffer.Length
    $response.OutputStream.Write($buffer, 0, $buffer.Length)

    $response.Close()

    $responseStatus = $response.StatusCode
    Write-Host "< $responseStatus"
}

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