From a51e9162aa235de6a5f805bb1997977060ba710c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Ableitner <me@nutomic.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 00:53:48 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Default to https for LEMMYBB_BACKEND if no protocol given

---
 src/env.rs | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/env.rs b/src/env.rs
index 59584fd..c9ef36c 100644
--- a/src/env.rs
+++ b/src/env.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ pub fn listen_address() -> String {
 
 /// Address where Lemmy API is available.
 pub fn lemmy_backend() -> String {
-    std::env::var("LEMMYBB_BACKEND").unwrap_or_else(|_| "http://localhost:8536".to_string())
+    let mut backend =
+        std::env::var("LEMMYBB_BACKEND").unwrap_or_else(|_| "http://localhost:8536".to_string());
+    if !backend.starts_with("http://") && !backend.starts_with("https://") {
+        backend = format!("https://{backend}");
+    }
+    backend
 }
 
 /// Set true if Lemmy backend runs with increased message rate limit. This is necessary to show