RSS Cloud tags should have port 443 instead of 80

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    jystervinou · Member ·

    Hi,

    Wordpress.com blogs all have port 80 in their RSS cloud feeds tags:

    < cloud domain=’http://blog.docuverse.com’ port=’80’ path=’/?rsscloud=notify’ registerProcedure=” protocol=’http-post’ />

    But a POST to this 80 port to subscribe, *redirects* (301) to https/443.

    The problem is that, for security reasons, most clients do this redirect with a GET, so the subscription fails.

    Another random blog :

    curl -i ‘https://quotesandaffirmations.com/feed/’

    < cloud domain=’http://quotesandaffirmations.com’ port=’80’ path=’/?rsscloud=notify’ registerProcedure=” protocol=’http-post’ / >

    Still http-post and port 80 instead of https-post and port 443.

    => A workaround is to retry with a POST when getting this redirect, but that’s extra work for all RSS clients.

    => I guess the cloud tag shall just include ‘port 443’ and ‘https-post’.

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