Challenge Checker link not working in geo app, only on website

Question

I have three new challenge caches, for which I cloned the checkers:

• GC79NXT  (https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC79NXT/27887)
• GC79NY7  (https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC79NY7/27888)
• GC79NYG  (https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC79NYG/27890)

The links to open the checkers work on the website, but they don't work when using the official Geocaching app, nor on Cachly. 

I compared the link codes for these checkers with an earlier challenge cache of mine, which works fine, GC6P30G (http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC6P30G/23037). I can't see any obvious differences as to why these new checker links won't work. Is it because they were cloned? Help! Thanks.

Answer 1

You can notice that the first three start with `https`, but the last one starts with `http`. It looks like the apps do not handle secure connections properly (sigh ...).

If you want to make the links working in your application, remote the `s` in the `https` and you should be fine. Also I would try to get in touch with the developers of the the geocaching apps that do not handle these links correctly.

Comments

Thank you for your quick response. When I went to remove the "s", I discovered the real problem: The entire "http:" was missing from the links.

When clicking the Link button at the checker page, the links produced do not include the "https:", so when I copy and pasted I didn't even notice this.

It's working now. Thanks.

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well ... then it is obvious. `https://` is really needed for all the links. If it works, please, prefer the `https` variant over `http`.