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tonymet on May 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

You can’t make this decision until you know how many customers are on http and how lucrative they are .

Breaking an API because you read a blog post is a bad idea

notpushkin on May 29, 2024 [–]

You can only do it for new customers, though. Just save the list of API keys used over HTTP, then whitelist those who earn more than $xxx/year.

Then you can work with those customers to help them upgrade their clients to HTTPS.

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