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Force https protocol in load-script when running on file: url (e.g., Electron)

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
electron, javascript

Research direction

Start with integrations/appcues/lib/index.js at the linked loadScript call, then read load-script/index.js lines 27-33 to understand the file: URL handling. Done means loading from an Electron file: URL no longer permits the unwanted non-HTTPS external connection; check any existing coverage around this behavior if present.

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Description

The AppCues integration (and a few others) use the loadScript with a protocol relative url:

https://github.com/segmentio/analytics.js-integrations/blob/master/integrations/appcues/lib/index.js#L51

This sets the protocol to http if running loading via a file: url.

https://github.com/segmentio/load-script/blob/master/index.js#L27-L33

We are loading Segment into an Electron app, which loads pages via a file: url. However, we do not want to allow non-https external connections.

Is there a way around this? One idea would be to change the logic in loadScript to default to https instead of http in the file: url case.

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JavaScript
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