Programming@programming.devEnglish · 7 months ago

Your API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

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Your API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

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Programming@programming.devEnglish · 7 months ago

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Instead of redirecting API calls from HTTP to HTTPS, make the failure visible. Unfortunately, many well-known API providers don't currently do so.

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This is why most http clients don’t follow redirects by default.

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