Disabling SSL verification when SSL is not required leads to HTTPS request

[EagleAdam]

I initially had this in my actions file that I had written by hand:

{
  "Home Assistant": {
    "type": "home_assistant",
    "host": "172.16.0.51",
    "port": "8123",
    "ssl": false,
    "verify_ssl": false,
    "token": "......"
  }
}

As a result, I got an error:

[1] Found card: 43535. Processing...
[1] Processing action: Home Assistant
[1] Error [ERR_INVALID_PROTOCOL]: Protocol "http:" not supported. Expected "https:"
[1]     at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:132:11)
[1]     at request (http.js:41:10)
[1]     at /usr/src/app/scanner/node_modules/node-fetch/lib/index.js:1375:15
[1]     at new Promise (<anonymous>)
[1]     at fetch (/usr/src/app/scanner/node_modules/node-fetch/lib/index.js:1367:9)
[1]     at HomeAssistantAction.request (/usr/src/app/scanner/actions/HomeAssistantAction.js:50:12)
[1]     at HomeAssistantAction.process (/usr/src/app/scanner/actions/HomeAssistantAction.js:7:10)
[1]     at CardProcessor.processCard (/usr/src/app/scanner/CardProcessor.js:55:23)
[1]     at CardProcessor.process (/usr/src/app/scanner/CardProcessor.js:19:10)
[1]     at Keyboard.<anonymous> (/usr/src/app/scanner/scanner.js:17:19)

I now understand that in #6406abf as a result of allowing the option to disable SSL verification, if that option is set to false (even if ssl is set to false) then it tries to make an HTTPS request.

If SSL is set to false, then presumably verify_ssl should be ignored?