# Http poller with --insecure mode
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-with-insecure-mode/191121
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-with-insecure-mode/191121 "2019-07-18T03:40:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@TsuWeiQuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TsuWeiQuan)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-with-insecure-mode/191121/1 "2019-07-18T03:40:35Z")
Hello,
I am trying to get data from a salt server via RestAPI. I can curl the data with --insecure mode. However, it is using a self-signed cert and I am unable to get the webserver cert.
I would like to use http\_poller plugin to pull the data from the API periodically but i do not know how can i apply the --insecure mode in logstash.
Is there a way to allow http\_poller to allow --insecure pulling of data?
```
input {
http_poller {
urls => {
saltserver => {
method => get
url => "https://sysauto.com.sg/api/host"
headers => {
Accept => "application/json"
}
}
}
request_timeout => 60
schedule => { cron => "* * * * * UTC"}
codec => "json"
metadata_target => "http_poller_metadata"
}
}
output {
stdout {
codec => rubydebug
}
}
```
Currently i am receiving handshake error.
`"error" => "handshake alert: unrecognized_name",`
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-with-insecure-mode/191121/2 "2019-07-18T10:01:12Z")
> [@TsuWeiQuan](#):
>
> However, it is using a self-signed cert and I am unable to get the webserver cert.
If you have a common cipher you can get the certificiate. Presenting the certificate is step 2 in TLS negotiation. You do not need to be able to establish a TLS connection to get the cert. The http\_poller documentation then covers what to do with a self-signed cert.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-with-insecure-mode/191121/3 "2019-08-15T10:01:14Z")
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