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Yes you can run HttpListener in non-admin mode. All you need to do is grant permissions to the particular URL. e.g.
netsh http add urlacl url=http://+:80/MyUri user=DOMAIN\user
Documentation is here.
If you use http://localhost:80/ as a prefix, you can listen to http requests with no need for Administrative privileges.
Can I make it run without admin mode? if yes how? If not how can I make the app change to admin mode after start running?
You can't, it has to start with elevated privileges. You can restart it with the runas verb, which will prompt the user to switch to admin mode
static void RestartAsAdmin()
{
var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("yourApp.exe") { Verb = "runas" };
Process.Start(startInfo);
Environment.Exit(0);
}
EDIT: actually, that's not true; HttpListener can run without elevated privileges, but you need to give permission for the URL on which you want to listen. See Darrel Miller's answer for details.
The syntax was wrong for me, you must include the quotes:
netsh http add urlacl url="http://+:4200/" user=everyone
otherwise I received "The parameter is incorrect"
As an alternative that doesn't require elevation or netsh you could also use TcpListener for instance.
The following is a modified excerpt of this sample: https://github.com/googlesamples/oauth-apps-for-windows/tree/master/OAuthDesktopApp
// Generates state and PKCE values.
string state = randomDataBase64url(32);
string code_verifier = randomDataBase64url(32);
string code_challenge = base64urlencodeNoPadding(sha256(code_verifier));
const string code_challenge_method = "S256";
// Creates a redirect URI using an available port on the loopback address.
var listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
listener.Start();
string redirectURI = string.Format("http://{0}:{1}/", IPAddress.Loopback, ((IPEndPoint)listener.LocalEndpoint).Port);
output("redirect URI: " + redirectURI);
// Creates the OAuth 2.0 authorization request.
string authorizationRequest = string.Format("{0}?response_type=code&scope=openid%20profile&redirect_uri={1}&client_id={2}&state={3}&code_challenge={4}&code_challenge_method={5}",
authorizationEndpoint,
System.Uri.EscapeDataString(redirectURI),
clientID,
state,
code_challenge,
code_challenge_method);
// Opens request in the browser.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(authorizationRequest);
// Waits for the OAuth authorization response.
var client = await listener.AcceptTcpClientAsync();
// Read response.
var response = ReadString(client);
// Brings this app back to the foreground.
this.Activate();
// Sends an HTTP response to the browser.
WriteStringAsync(client, "<html><head><meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;url=https://google.com'></head><body>Please close this window and return to the app.</body></html>").ContinueWith(t =>
{
client.Dispose();
listener.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("HTTP server stopped.");
});
// TODO: Check the response here to get the authorization code and verify the code challenge
The read and write methods being:
private string ReadString(TcpClient client)
{
var readBuffer = new byte[client.ReceiveBufferSize];
string fullServerReply = null;
using (var inStream = new MemoryStream())
{
var stream = client.GetStream();
while (stream.DataAvailable)
{
var numberOfBytesRead = stream.Read(readBuffer, 0, readBuffer.Length);
if (numberOfBytesRead <= 0)
break;
inStream.Write(readBuffer, 0, numberOfBytesRead);
}
fullServerReply = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(inStream.ToArray());
}
return fullServerReply;
}
private Task WriteStringAsync(TcpClient client, string str)
{
return Task.Run(() =>
{
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(client.GetStream(), new UTF8Encoding(false)))
{
writer.Write("HTTP/1.0 200 OK");
writer.Write(Environment.NewLine);
writer.Write("Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8");
writer.Write(Environment.NewLine);
writer.Write("Content-Length: " + str.Length);
writer.Write(Environment.NewLine);
writer.Write(Environment.NewLine);
writer.Write(str);
}
});
}
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