nginx - rewrite to HTTP or HTTPS in nginx.conf file

Question

In nginx.conf file, is it possible to rewrite to HTTP or HTTPS based on whether the current connection is secured or not?

Some pseudocode of what I want to do.

location ^~ /test_api {
    if (secured connection)
        rewrite "/test_api"   https://www.somedomain.com/test_api     break;
    else
        rewrite "/test_api"   http://www.somedomain.com/test_api      break;
}

Thanks.

Answer 1

You're looking for $scheme.

rewrite /test_api $scheme://www.example.com/test_api break;