I cannot connect to pushbullet from ESP8266 - security

Question

I have followed several instructions to connect from ESP8266 to Pushbullet
Here is a code snippet
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClientSecure.h>
const char* ssid = ".......";
const char* password = ".......";
const char* host = "api.pushbullet.com";
const int httpsPort = 443;
const char* PushBulletAPIKEY = "..............."; //get it from your pushbullet account
// Use web browser to view and copy
// SHA1 fingerprint of the certificate
const char* fingerprint = "2C BC 06 10 0A E0 6E B0 9E 60 E5 96 BA 72 C5 63 93 23 54 B3"; //got it using https://www.grc.com/fingerprints.htm
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
Serial.print("connecting to ");
Serial.println(ssid);
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.println("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
// Use WiFiClientSecure class to create TLS connection
WiFiClientSecure client;
Serial.print("connecting to ");
Serial.println(host);
if (!client.connect(host, httpsPort)) {
Serial.println("connection failed");
return;
}
It fails on !client.connect(host, httpsPort).
Using a browser api.pushbullet.com:443 fails
https://api.pushbullet.com returns a nice JSON code
Is it possible to connect using https://api.pushbullet.com ?
Is there a port issue?
Help appreciated.
PS From RPI
curl --header 'Access-Token: o.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' \ https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/users/me
works like a charm.

Answer 1

Solution found.
// Use WiFiClientSecure class to create TLS connection
WiFiClientSecure client;
Serial.print("connecting to ");
Serial.println(host);
if (!client.connect(host, httpsPort)) {
Serial.println("connection failed");
return;
}
Add: <client.setInsecure();>
just below: WiFiClientSecure client;
Found it somewhere on GitHub, just sharing to help other find the solution.