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maxkuzmins on Dec 13, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ways to reduce the costs of an HTTP(S) API on AWS

These guys receive requests from mobile devices. Afaik sending unencrypted HTTP requests is not allowed on some platforms (e.g. iOS).

throw03172019 on Dec 13, 2019 | [–]

You can disable transport security for a certain domain using the plist key NSAppTransportSecurity. But you rarely should do this :)

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Genera...

bureaucrat on Dec 13, 2019 | [–]

First, they can offer both http and https endpoints. Second, you can send HTTP request if you set NSAllowsArbitraryLoads=true.

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