improved support when using SSL/https.

If X-Forwarded-Proto header is present use that value when constructing URLs. See #3
garden20 · Feb 28, 2015 · e315137 · e315137
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commit e315137
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diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ exports.upload_url = function (req) {
 
 
 exports.app_db = function(req, path) {
+    var proto = 'http';
+    // If couchdb is behind a proxy use that protocol.
+    if (req.headers['X-Forwarded-Proto']) {
+        proto = req.headers['X-Forwarded-Proto'];
+    }
     return url.format({
         host: req.headers['Host'],
-        protocol: 'http',
+        protocol: proto,
         pathname: path
     });
 }
@@ -174,4 +179,4 @@ exports.getDBURL = function(location){
     var baseUrl = exports.getBaseURL(location);
     console.log(baseUrl);
    return  baseUrl + '/_db';
-}
+}