OpenBay Pro https exclude rule

If your store redirects all traffic to a secure connection (using https) then you will need to add an exclude rule to ensure that the OpenBay Pro urls can still use http.

http://help.welfordmedia.co.uk/kb/openb ... -https-ssl

Within my htaccess file I have the following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Could someone tell me how I would write an exclude rule for index.php?route=ebay/openbay/*

Thank you!

Any advice at all?

I'm also looking for an answer to this question. How to prevent Opencart redirecting the Openbay Ebay URL to HTTPS?

They've suggested switching off SSL for the frontend! Not worth the risks, but to switch it off for a single URL is better.

My htaccess is the standard file supplied with v2.1.0.2.

http://domain.com/index.php?route=ebay/openbay/testfile
redirects to
https://domain.com/index.php?route=ebay ... y/testfile

I couldn't find where the redirection occurs. Would be grateful if someone can point me to the code that does this.


-M.

If you use Openbay pro for ebay you also need to add this code to .htaccess
under Before

Thanks, but I think this could be an older OC version. htaccess does not have the https rewriterule (it's done in php).

I tried this:
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=ebay/openbay/*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

and I'm getting a redirect loop as htaccess and opencart and both redirecting.

I figure if I can find that header() then I can simply filter for ebay/openbay and skip it (or hardcode http://)

Just thought I would add my solution in case it helps others (which it likely will).

If you have modified your config file to ensure all URL's are generated as HTTPS and also added a redirect rule within htaccess, then you will need to handle both of these factors.

First you will need to exclude OpenBay Pro URL's from being redirected to HTTPS in htaccess and then you will need to redirect any OpenBay Pro URL's back to HTTP (as a result of the config file generating all URL's as HTTPS).

My complete rule set below.