Discussion on: How do you host a website for free?

[Pacharapol Withayasakpunt]

• Heroku - Self-made backend; however, if you use your URL, getting HTTPS is a little complex (might need Cloudflare).
• Firebase hosting - Firebase suite -- login / database / functions / analytics
• Netlify - CDN-based static hosting with optimizations (you can choose plugins) / also Netlify functions are free to an extent.
• Vercel - Easy static hosting with serverless functions / also support things like Heroku to some extent.
• GitHub Pages - Static hosting OR Jekyll-based

[Alan Telles]

Is it possible to have https for free in heroku?

[Pacharapol Withayasakpunt]

*.herokuapp.com has HTTPS by default, but just need to redirect your server for it.

Custom domain can have HTTPS, if you either,

• Use at least Hobby Plan (i.e. pay around 7 USD / mo)
• Hide behind an HTTPS proxy -- I use Cloudflare in this case.

[Alan Telles]

I deployed a flask site and all the relative links points to http. I open with https, but the internal links point to http

[Pacharapol Withayasakpunt]

Have you tried --

python flask redirect to https from http

Aug 26 '15 Comments: 1 Answers: 10

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I have a website build using python3.4 and flask...I have generated my own self-signed certificate and I am currently testing my website through localhost.

I am using the python ssl module along with this flask extension: github.com/kennethreitz/flask-sslify

context = ('my-cert.pem', 'my-key.pem')
app = Flask(__name__)
sslify = SSLify(app)

...

if __name__

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You don't need a real SSL certificate, BTW. Just need to differentiate DEVELOPMENT from PRODUCTION.

You can also adapt this code, as some of the things are Heroku-specific.

help.heroku.com/J2R1S4T8/can-herok...

[Brad]

great list of free resources!

[Panda Quests]

Indeed

[Panda Quests]

Thanks. Great list