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Server side vs Client Side Protocol Sniff

What would more ideal to detect a page protocol so as to access an external file via http. Due to security url's containing http will not work on a page with https. The call is for external JS file. Would it be more ideal to detect this in a JS conditional or go through a server side code to determine this before the page loads.

Thank you in advance.

Solution

  • You simply omit the http: and turn the URL into a Protocol Relative URL and it will work without any extra code:

    .ajax({ url: "//external.com/js/external.js" })

    More info:

    How to Include CSS and JS files via HTTPS when needed?

    and here:

    https://blog.httpwatch.com/2010/02/10/using-protocol-relative-urls-to-switch-between-http-and-https/

    http://billpatrianakos.me/blog/2013/04/18/protocol-relative-urls/

    http://support.volusion.com/article/resolving-unsecured-content-secure-pages