Newbie question relating to connect basics plugin

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Hi team,
I am new to JIRA development and am working through the ‘Connect Basics’ article (https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/tutorials/connect-basics.html) and I am experiencing a issue when I try to upload my addon to my dev cloud instance.

When I upload my url, I get the following error:
An SSL error occurred when we tried to contact the add-on host at https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/tutorials/connect-basics.html. Please try again later or contact the add-on vendor. See also Troubleshooting SSL issues in the developer documentation

I assume this error is because I do not have a https connection. Is this correct? If so, is there a way past this? I am literally going through the steps presented in the article, and was hoping by the end I would have a simple example up and running.

FYI, my goal is t write a dashboard widget and I thought this would be a good first step.

My descriptor file contents is as follows:

{
     "name": "Hello World",
     "description": "Atlassian Connect add-on",
     "key": "com.example.myaddon",
     "baseUrl": "http://REMOVEDDOMAIN.io/JIRA",
     "vendor": {
         "name": "Example, Inc.",
         "url": "http://example.com"
     },
     "authentication": {
         "type": "none"
     },
     "apiVersion": 1,
     "modules": {
         "generalPages": [
             {
                 "url": "/helloworld.html",
                 "key": "hello-world",
                 "location": "system.top.navigation.bar",
                 "name": {
                     "value": "Greeting"
                 }
             }
         ]
     }
 }

Thank you and I eagerly await your reply.

Kelvin

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Atlassian recommends ngrok: https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/developing/developing-locally.html

Another option is to upload your content to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 Bucket and serve as a static website, which can run over HTTPS.

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Thank you I revisited that link and it deleted and recreated the web application and now all ok, with exception:

{
   "key": "com-example-myaddon-mitratech",
   "name": "Hello World",
   "description": "Atlassian Connect add-on",
   "baseUrl": "https://8e5bc962.ngrok.io",
   "vendor": {
      "name": "Example, Inc",
      "url": "http://example.com"
   },
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "authentication": {
      "type": "none"
   },
   "modules": {
      "generalPages": [
         {
            "url": "/helloworld.html",
            "key": "hello-world",
            "location": "system.top.navigation.bar",
            "name": {
               "value": "Greeting"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
}

When I try to upload this I get the following error:
Invalid Atlassian Connect descriptor: JSON is not well-formed (Unexpected character (‘’ (code 65279 / 0xfeff)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, ‘true’, ‘false’ or ‘null’) at [Source: ; line: 1, column: 2]). Please contact the add-on vendor for details.

I have looked through the JSON and cannot see what is causing the issue, any hints?

Thank you once again for your help and time, it is greatly appreciated.

Kelvin

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You should raise a new question for this. :slight_smile:

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