From b6c6704f5874f4a1c63dd6051a646422d8b4984f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hello1024 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 17:48:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the fact the hosted version won't work from a web page. Should save thousands of people a few minutes each of debugging... --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 70e492b..49c0796 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ We encourage you to run your own thingproxy server with this source code, but fr http://thingproxy.freeboard.io and https://thingproxy.freeboard.io +(hosted instances only work from localhost domains for development - deploy your own for use from an internet domain) + ### why? Dashboards created with freeboard normally access APIs directly from ajax calls from javascript. Many API providers do not provide the proper CORS headers, or don't support HTTPS— thingproxy is provided to overcome these limitations.