VEGeocoder using HTTPS?

[DerekWicks1]

Is it possible to access the Bing VEGeocoder using HTTPS? My web and GIS servers both use HTTPS but the VEGeocoder uses HTTP, even though the Bing basemaps use HTTPS? Any help is appreciated.

[GordonBooth]

Did you figure this out? I'm having a similar issue.

[VinayBansal]

Hope this forum help you.
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/41522-Access-Bing-maps-via-SSL-https

[JohnGravois]

i've logged a defect with regard to this problem.  [NIM094284: Bing address locator always uses HTTP]

in the meantime, you could use a technique similar to what is described in the forum thread Vinay linked to to manually update the url for the request in your code.

esriRequest.setRequestPreCallback(myCallbackFunction);

...

function myCallbackFunction(ioArgs) {         
    if (ioArgs.url == "http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/veadaptor/production/services/geocode/geocode") {
        ioArgs.url = "https://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/veadaptor/production/services/geocode/geocode";
    }
    // don't forget to return ioArgs.
    return ioArgs;
}

sorry for the inconvenience!

[GordonBooth]

I'll give it go. THANKS!

[JohnGravois]

as an alternative, you could also dig into the object after its been instantiated and modify the relevant internal property to workaround the problem.

var locator = new VEGeocoder({bingMapsKey: 'yourkeyhere'});
locator._url.path = locator._url.path.replace("http", "https");

[GordonBooth]

Thanks John - this option is much better and works perfectly.