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How to use Google Custom Search on https to avoid non secure content prompt?

Is there a way to get the script for search results from an HTTPS site instead of http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js

I am using the custom google business search on a HTTPS site. When search is submitted web browser shows warning:

"This page contains both secure and nonsecure items"

I tried to modify the source to be https://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js but that doesn't work. Still JavaScript returned from that link connects to http links instead of https links.

Does anybody knows how to fix this ?

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Dominik Szopa Avatar asked Oct 01 '10 11:10

Dominik Szopa


2 Answers

A hack that works for me is to provide a modified version of the script

https://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js

on another server, say:

https://www.myserver.com/show_afs_search.js

Just copy the original scripts source code and replace 'http' with 'https' in the script (one occurrence). Of course that might stop working anytime if Google changes something.

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ibi Avatar answered Nov 08 '22 23:11

ibi


Even if you modify the Javascript link to HTTPS, show_afs_search.js is still hardcoded to get the search results via HTTP, not HTTPS. To avoid this error, make your own copy of show_afs_search.js that grabs results via HTTPS.

Steps:

  1. download show_afs_search.js
  2. open the file and replace 'http' with 'https'
  3. put this file one your https server and use it
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Mark Lu Avatar answered Nov 09 '22 01:11

Mark Lu