Django ModelSerializer with ImageFIeld and HTTPS
Please consider adding proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
inside of your Nginx virtual host file i.e conf file located within /etc/nginx/sites-available/
. So, in a nutshell, your conf file may look like this:
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
root /var/www/html/static_files/;
client_max_body_size 4G;
proxy_pass_header Server;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;
access_log /home/user/API/logs/nginx-access.log;
error_log /home/user/API/logs/nginx-error.log;
location /api/ {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/;
}
location /media/ {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/;
}
# Error pages
# error_page 500 502 503 504 /home/user/API/500.html;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
}
In conclusion, after adding proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
. Your REST API will be redirected to https. Credit to dukeboy for his comment.