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tracker1 on May 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

You'd be surprised... generally if there's a dedicated hostname for the API, I would expect / to either display or redirect to API docs.

Also, doesn't help when you're reverse proxying /api to $API/api

inopinatus on May 30, 2024 [–]

Posting on this forum means you are probably not J. Random User. I mean specifically anyone who will not grasp the difference between http:// and https://api.example.com.

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