net.http: Throw error if missing TLS context for HTTPS request

Prevents the mistake of creating a http context without any TLS context
and then trying to use HTTPS, which doesn't work right.

Thanks nils

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/http.lua b/net/http.lua
index aa435719..e81975fd 100644
--- a/net/http.lua
+++ b/net/http.lua
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ local function request(self, u, ex, callback)
 		if ex and ex.use_dane ~= nil then
 			use_dane = ex.use_dane;
 		end
+		if not sslctx then
+			error("Attempt to make HTTPS request but no 'sslctx' provided in options");
+		end
 	end
 
 	local http_service = basic_resolver.new(host, port_number, "tcp", { servername = req.host; use_dane = use_dane });