jinja request.url_root giving me http instead of https

Question

Using this

request.url_root+ attributes["footer"]["district_link"]

in jinja on a page that is https:// gives me a url that has http:// which is causing problems. Is there a way to use this request that preserves this so it will be http:// on a page that uses http and https on a page that uses https?

The backend is using flask if that is relevant here

Rob Bricheno · Answer 1 · 2018-11-21T17:10:06.650

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Is your app proxied behind something like nginx?

If so you will need to use something like ProxyFix to add headers that include this information.

You can read more about proxy configuration in the flask docs on proxy setups.

Once you have ProxyFix working you can make use of the X-Forwarded-Proto header (for example). There's some more helpful info in this answer.

edited Nov 21 '18 at 17:10

answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:02

Rob Bricheno

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It does use nginx! – lathomas64 Nov 21 '18 at 17:02
@lathomas64 great, I've added some more to the answer that should help you get going. – Rob Bricheno Nov 21 '18 at 17:11
The problem was solved by someone else automatically redirecting to https so I Won't be spending time looking into getting this working but hopefully it helps someone else down the line. – lathomas64 Nov 21 '18 at 20:10

jinja request.url_root giving me http instead of https

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