From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:57:14 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: google search plugin: use https for the search
X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/08fd2e0806076803a354cd2ce167ba6f875358d5

google search plugin: use https for the search
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Google_search_plugin_not_passing_query_over_HTTPS_when_HTTPS_enabled.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Google_search_plugin_not_passing_query_over_HTTPS_when_HTTPS_enabled.mdwn
index 3f8fbccc2..f3c4373f7 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Google_search_plugin_not_passing_query_over_HTTPS_when_HTTPS_enabled.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Google_search_plugin_not_passing_query_over_HTTPS_when_HTTPS_enabled.mdwn
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git;a=blob;f=templates/googleform
 to
 
     <form method="get" action="//www.google.com/search" id="searchform">
+
+> I changed it to use https unconditionally - there seems little point
+> in doing Google searches in clear-text when Google supports https,
+> even on unencrypted wikis. [[done]] --[[smcv]]
diff --git a/templates/googleform.tmpl b/templates/googleform.tmpl
index 9468e062a..b1c3078fb 100644
--- a/templates/googleform.tmpl
+++ b/templates/googleform.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search" id="searchform">
+<form method="get" action="https://www.google.com/search" id="searchform">
  <div>
   <input name="sitesearch" value="<TMPL_VAR URL>" type="hidden" />
   <input name="q" value="" id="searchbox" size="16" maxlength="255" type="text"