Question->
How do I use the React development server to serve requests from https while working on localhost?

Ex ->https://localhost:3000

Advantages of using Httpsin localhost

  1. Access to 3rd party API's without CORS error. 2. Working with cookies made easy. 3. Accessing Google and Facebook API's without deploying the      application.   

For React App Created with Vite

Step-1

1.Install vite-plugin-mkcert package.

Step-2

1. Change in vite.config.js

  import { defineConfig } from 'vite' import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react' import mkcert from 'vite-plugin-mkcert'  // https://vitejs.dev/config/ export default defineConfig({   plugins: [react(),mkcert()],   server:{     port:3000,     https: true   }  })   

and then start your application with npm run dev

For React App Created with create-react-app

Step-1

1.Install cross-env package.

Step-2

1. Modify start script in package.json and it should look like this

      "start": "cross-env HTTPS=true react-scripts start",    

and Done .. Now Run your app using npm start.

if you get any package issue plese install all the package again using npm install or yarn install

If facing any issue in browser like this

then click on advancebutton and click on continue to site.

.. Happy coding..

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