Connecting over HTTP broken (The issue formerly known as: Connecting with IP & Port nodes)

[Getty4170]

Etherflow doesn't accept connections when including a port. For example http://172.16.254.1:8545/

Since many nodes are used in this format, it would be great if EtherFlow supported it.

[abunsen]

@Getty4170 appreciate this submission! Will tag you in the PR.

[abunsen]

Just looked at this more, it looks like it's actually mixed content error and we are actually sending to the port:

[ashutoshpw]

If anyone else is facing the mix-content error, then there are 2 ways by which you could solve this issue.

1. Use a local version of etherflow by deploying the repository on your local computer.
2. Use services like ngrok.io or Cloudflare Tunnel to get a kind of HTTPS proxy for your HTTP nodes.

The second option here is easier to set up and could be quickly implemented.

Cause of this issue

• On a HTTPS website, you cannot make calls to HTTP endpoints

Why would the above options work?

• In 1st option, you are taking off the etherflow from HTTPS to HTTP version
• In 2nd option, you are moving in the Blockchain Node from HTTP to HTTPS version