By carlynorama
Was having trouble because when switched to custom hardware I was getting caught up by redirects. Realized it’s because my device is using HTTP and I need to use HTTPS…
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Hi there,
Yep, that sounds right. If you’re using Cloudflare or App Platform, HTTP traffic is automatically redirected to HTTPS.
You’ll need to update your IoT device firmware or config to send requests over HTTPS so it can connect without getting stuck in redirects.
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