GitHub - jwillmer/Arduino: ESP8266 core for Arduino

Arduino core for ESP8266 WiFi chip

ESP8266HTTPClient Fork Changes

Enable wildcard for SSL fingerprint

You can use * to ignore fingerprint check for SSL connections: httpClient.begin(url, "*")

Auto switch to SSL query

begin(String url) normaly awaits HTTP but now will switch to HTTPS protocol (without fingerprint check) if it detects HTTPS protocol