Updated Apache config file so if the service is accessed via the curl command, it wont redirect to the https site and display that the page is being redirected, but will display what is being requested.

echoip-apache2.conf

@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
   # Add support for X-Forwarded-For
   RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-For "%{REMOTE_ADDR}s"
 
-
+  # Logging
   ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/echoip-error.log
   CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/echoip-access.log combined
 
+  # Enable RewriteEngine
+  RewriteEngine On
+
+  # Skip redirection if User-Agent contains "curl"
+  RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !curl/ [NC]
+
 
 </VirtualHost>