How to skip certificate validation?

[naleczynskia]

I have a development website that uses a self-signed certificate for HTTPS. Thus I get the following:
Error: self signed certificate

How can I skip certificate validation?
What is the mechanism used to validate certificate?

[LarryWMSN]

I'm getting Error: certificate signature failure when trying to connect to a asp.net site using .Net 6 and VS 2022 preview running in debug mode locally.

[githubdatabridge]

I also have the same issue on my end on localhost with https:

• Error: self signed certificate

[marklnz]

Similar for me - I have a suite of microservices running in docker with ports exposed to localhost, and I use a locally generated certificate for SSL. I get "Error: unable to verify the first certificate" rather than the "Error: Self signed certificate" that others get.

[ipeevski]

My error is slightly different, but same issue - need a way to skip SSL validation.

Error:
"Error: unable to verify the first certificate"

[schmitty-0]

Hello,

any update on this?
It would be very useful to be able to at least disable the verification.

BTW: I've seen both errors "self signed certificate" and "unable to verify the first certificate" on different services

[noelhibbard]

My really hacky workaround was to add this line:
process.env['NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED'] = 0;

As the first line of this file:
%USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\tanhakabir.rest-book-6.0.1\dist\extension-node.js

If the extension gets an update I assume it will wipe out your change. It seems like a huge oversight to not have an option to ignore cert warnings. Especially considering how common it is to use self signed certs during the development phase of REST APIs.

[taisbak]

The above hack worked for me as well.

However, it would be great to have a proper solution.

The vscode extension Rest Client apparently knows how to do it.

Maybe guided by this article on Stack Overflow: Error: unable to verify the first certificate in nodejs.