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Expand Up @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ sidebar_label: HTTPS in Development

You may require the dev server to serve pages over HTTPS. One particular case where this could be useful is when using [the "proxy" feature](proxying-api-requests-in-development.md) to proxy requests to an API server when that API server is itself serving HTTPS.

Another case is when connecting with secure websockets `wss` to a backend. Doing so from a non HTTPS page may slow down considerably the requests and consequently the development process.
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Another case is when connecting with secure websockets `wss` to a backend. Doing so from a non HTTPS page may slow down considerably the requests and consequently the development process.
Another case is when connecting with secure websockets (aka `wss` - WebSocket Secure) to a backend. Doing so from a non-HTTPS page may slow down requests considerably, slowing down the whole development process.

Just rephrased this to make it a little clearer!


To do this, set the `HTTPS` environment variable to `true`, then start the dev server as usual with `npm start`:

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