Tag: https
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What are the differences between HTTPS Node js module and Axios library for making REST API calls
If you are developing a node js project you may need to call third party REST APIs or internal REST APIs from your application. There are many options available to make these calls. Node JS provides its own https module for the same. And we have the more elegant Axios library which you need to…
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How to call a REST API protected with SSL (https) from Spring Boot without importing the certificate into java keystore ?
In the previous post we saw how to consume a REST API protected with SSL (HTTPS) by importing necessary SSL certificates into JVM keystore That serves fine if you have access to the JVM . In case if you don’t and want to bundle those certificates along with your application and use it to call…
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How to call REST API protected with SSL (https) from Spring Boot ?
Let’s say you want to invoke a REST API from your spring boot application. And it is protected with SSL. In other words you need an SSL certificate to access that application, else you won’t be given access to it. Your java keystore already has a lot of inbuilt certificates(In my local it is present…
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How to convert your Spring Boot app to a HTTPS application?
Let’s say you have a simple spring boot app with a single API which returns the string “Hello HTTPS”. But this runs on HTTP and you want to convert this to run on HTTPS. You want your app to be more secure and the data sent over the network to be encrypted. You can do…
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How does HTTPS work?
One of the most basic knowledge required for web developers is to know how https protocol works (also called SSL/TLS). How does it secure your websites compared to http? Let’s first see why http is not secure. Assume you are in a public wifi network. You are using the wifi to connect to the internet.…
