I have a web API that seems to only accept http requests and refuses all https request as they all timeout.

http://api.maxiterations.com/models?companyCode=1&start=0&count=0 -> Works

https://api.maxiterations.com/models?companyCode=1&start=0&count=0 -> Does not Works

A request to my AWS hosted API fails to connect to the application.

However, when it is an https request from the postman to the local host it works properly.

I need assistance on how to get AWS to accept an https request since it seems like my code isn’t what’s doing the rejection.

Code:

// /questions/69291182/how-to-reject-requests-in-a-net-core-api-based-on-the-values-sent-in-the-accept
// /questions/58231669/is-there-any-way-to-block-http-requests-made-by-postman-in-net-core
app.Use((context, next) =>
{
    // if health check call come through allow it to pass
    if (context.Request.Path.ToString().EndsWith('/'))
    {
        return next();
    }

    // if request is from https allow else reject if it is http
    if (context.Request.IsHttps)
    {
        return next();
    }

    context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status403Forbidden;
    return context.Response.WriteAsync("HTTPS is required");
});

app.UseHealthChecks("/");
app.MapGet("/models", (string companyCode, int start = 0, int count = 0, DateTime? earliestCreationDate = null) =>
    {
        // Stuff happens
        return enumerable.Count != 0 ? Results.Ok(enumerable) : Results.NoContent();
    })
    .WithName("GetModelsByCompanyId")
    .WithDescription("Returns all models owned by the company using the company code").WithTags("Models").WithOpenApi();

First, I went to Microsoft’s website for ASP.NET hoping that the documentation would give me a clue and there was nothing there.

Then I thought since it is on AWS, maybe I’d find a clue in the AWS deployment documenation for dotnet 8 Web Apis but there was nothing about my particular issue.

I then tried googling and stack overflow and still came up empty.