Electron doesnt execute https call to local spring server, curl works

Question

I'm simply trying to connect to a local Spring configured with SSL / TLS 1.2.

Context (Server): Server is built with Spring, logs when creating a request via curl. Also requires a certificate from the client (X.509 certificate based authentication)

Client (CURL, command-line): Works fine!

Client (Electron): When the code below gets executed nothing happens. No requests are being made to the spring (nothing logs), nor is any error occuring. Nothing. Electron is such a drag to debug..

Code:

let options = {
                hostname: 'localhost',
                port: 8443,
                path: '/',
                cert: fs.readFileSync(global.relativePaths.config + 'client.crt'),
                key: fs.readFileSync(global.relativePaths.config + 'clientprivate.key'),
                passphrase: '[phrase_here]',
                rejectUnauthorized: false,
                requestCert: true
            };
            let request = https.request(options);
            request.on('error', () => {
                console.log("Error!");
            })

Also, this is just localhost, hence the rejectUnauthorized - I'm working with self-signed certificates until ready for production. :)

Thank you in advance. :)

EDIT: using the test-code on the wiki (call to github) outputs with no problem.. what could it be?... also, im doing this on the main process (not on the renderer)

Answer 1

Try using the http-client library like [axios][1] . axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and node.js. It worths giving a try to most used libraries like axios, it's simple to use. If the issue still persists, try setting the User-Agent header in your request.