Can't send API requests when secure connections 'REQUIRED'

[treejumping]

Server Version#: 1.40.3.8555
Player Version#: n/a

I am trying to get started using the plex api (so that i can automate some tasks using home assistant).

starting with some very basic commands using postman (though i recieve the same errors using dev tools in browser or curl commands from a terminal on the same LAN) i get an ‘empty response’ or a ‘socket hangup’ error when i try to pass even a basic command

e.g.

http://192.168.0.31:32400/identity/?X-Plex-Token=12345ABCDE6789
(token changed, obvs)

I have my Secure connections’ set to ‘required’ in the network settings.

If i (temporarily) change this setting to ‘Preferred’ then my command runs fine.

I don’t want to set my secure connection to ‘Preferred’ as i have remote access enabled and i don’t want anyone sniffing my traffic.

I’ve searched this forum, reddit and the plexopedia resources, but can’t seem to find a simple explanation. do i need to muck about with proxies or certificates here? I will only be calling the api commands from a specific device with a fixed IP on my lan (192.168.0.26), so maybe i have to whitelist that device (i have tried placing 192.168.0.0/24 in my 'list of networks allowed without auth)

[OttoKerner]

If you “require” secure connections, then you cannot use a plain http URL. You need to use https.

There is no whitelist or other exception from the “secure” requirement, because that would make the requirement pointless. An IP can be spoofed, a host and/or domain name faked.

[treejumping]

thanks, for now i’ll use https with a -k flag