Building an HTTPS server

So far, the API is served locally through HTTP, but for a real-world application, it should be served under a domain name through HTTPS.

To set this up, proceed as follows:

1. Use the ngrok solution to serve our local web API with a public Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that supports both HTTP and HTTPS.

   Note

   In advanced chapters, we will explore how to purchase a domain name and set up HTTPS for free on a cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).

2. Download the ZIP file based on your operating system (OS) from the official Ngrok page at https://ngrok.com/download. In this book, we will work with version 2.3.35. Once downloaded, unzip Ngrok from a terminal with the following commands:

   unzip ngrok-stable-darwin-amd64.zip
   cp ngrok /usr/local/bin/
   chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ngrok

3. Verify if it's properly installed by executing the following command:

   ngrok version

   It should output the following message:

   Figure 4.30 – Ngrok version

4. Configure...