identify protocol used by curl for api

run/nobody/qbittorrent.sh

@@ -56,8 +56,16 @@ fi
 # option 'Bypass authentication for clients on localhost'
 if [[ "${VPN_PROV}" == "pia" && -n "${VPN_INCOMING_PORT}" ]]; then
 
-	curl -i -X POST -d "json={\"random_port\": false}" "http://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" &> /dev/null
-	curl -i -X POST -d "json={\"listen_port\": ${VPN_INCOMING_PORT}}" "http://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" &> /dev/null
+	# identify protocol, used by curl to connect to api
+	if grep -q 'WebUI\\HTTPS\\Enabled=true' '/config/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf'; then
+		web_protocol="https"
+	else
+		web_protocol="http"
+	fi
+
+	# note -k flag required to support insecure connection (self signed certs) when https used
+	curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={\"random_port\": false}" "${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" &> /dev/null
+	curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={\"listen_port\": ${VPN_INCOMING_PORT}}" "${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" &> /dev/null
 
 	# set qbittorrent port to current vpn port (used when checking for changes on next run)s
 	qbittorrent_port="${VPN_INCOMING_PORT}"