twolfson/livereload-extensions

Firefox tries to load livereload.js over HTTP on HTTPS sites

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#2 opened on Nov 22, 2017

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Description

When accessing my sites in HTTPS mode, they refuse to load livereload.js, as it seems to be hardcoded to pull it from HTTP:

Browser: Firefox 57 (still loads HTTP in chrome, but chrome doesn't block loading it) URL: HTTPS://anything Console Error Message:

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Identify the line in the extension source where livereload.js URL is hardcoded to use HTTP, and modify it to use the same protocol (HTTPS) as the host page.
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javascript
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frontend
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