originswag.eth.link and other dweb stores break on localhost · ipfs/ipfs-companion#872

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I was able to reproduce the issue reported by @andyschwab, it is present in both Firefox and Chromium.

Opening https://originswag.eth.link with Companion enabled ends up on https://originswag.eth.link.ipns.localhost:8080/#/
http://originswag.eth.link.ipns.localhost:8080/ is opened, subresources are fetched but then suddenly URL gets replaced with HTTPS one: https://originswag.eth.link.ipns.localhost:8080/
this is because http://originswag.eth.link.ipns.localhost:8080/dist/vendors~app.0f591475.bundle.js has this snippet: window.location.href=window.location.href.replace("http:","https:")
I believe http: should be allowed, when store is loaded from http://*.localhost

tl;dr not a problem with IPFS Companion, the store software needs a fix to allow loading from local IPFS gateway at http://*.localhost:*/

Research direction: Investigate the originswag store code to find the snippet that replaces http with https and modify it to allow http when loaded from localhost.
Tech stack: javascript
Domain: web dev
Issue type: Bug
Difficulty: 2
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Activity status: Active
Clarity: Clear
Prerequisites: Gitweb development basics
Newbie friendliness: 70