diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
index 7db5882b2..6fd70ac49 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ create_bridge(Type, Name, Conf) ->
         config => Conf}),
     ResId = resource_id(Type, Name),
     case emqx_resource:create(ResId,
-            emqx_bridge:resource_type(Type), Conf) of
+            emqx_bridge:resource_type(Type), parse_confs(Type, Conf)) of
         {ok, already_created} ->
             emqx_resource:get_instance(ResId);
         {ok, Data} ->
@@ -234,6 +234,40 @@ get_matched_bridge_id(#{from_local_topic := Filter}, Topic, BType, BName, Acc) -
         false -> Acc
     end.
 
+parse_confs(http, #{ url := Url
+                   , method := Method
+                   , body := Body
+                   , headers := Headers
+                   , request_timeout := ReqTimeout
+                   } = Conf) ->
+    {BaseUrl, Path} = parse_url(Url),
+    {ok, BaseUrl2} = emqx_http_lib:uri_parse(BaseUrl),
+    Conf#{ base_url => BaseUrl2
+         , request =>
+            #{ path => Path
+             , method => Method
+             , body => Body
+             , headers => Headers
+             , request_timeout => ReqTimeout
+             }
+         };
+parse_confs(_Type, Conf) ->
+    Conf.
+
+parse_url(Url) ->
+    case string:split(Url, "//", leading) of
+        [Scheme, UrlRem] ->
+            case string:split(UrlRem, "/", leading) of
+                [HostPort, Path] ->
+                    {iolist_to_binary([Scheme, "//", HostPort]), Path};
+                [HostPort] ->
+                    {iolist_to_binary([Scheme, "//", HostPort]), <<>>}
+            end;
+        [Url] ->
+            error({invalid_url, Url})
+    end.
+
+
 bin(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) -> Bin;
 bin(Str) when is_list(Str) -> list_to_binary(Str);
 bin(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) -> atom_to_binary(Atom, utf8).
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_monitor.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_monitor.erl
index c0068f34c..9c7024c51 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_monitor.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_monitor.erl
@@ -67,54 +67,6 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
 load_bridges(Configs) ->
     lists:foreach(fun({Type, NamedConf}) ->
             lists:foreach(fun({Name, Conf}) ->
-                    load_bridge(Type, Name, Conf)
+                    emqx_bridge:create_bridge(Type, Name, Conf)
                 end, maps:to_list(NamedConf))
         end, maps:to_list(Configs)).
-
-%% TODO: move this monitor into emqx_resource
-%% emqx_resource:check_and_create_local(ResourceId, ResourceType, Config, #{keep_retry => true}).
-load_bridge(<<"http">>, Name, Config) ->
-    do_load_bridge(<<"http">>, Name, parse_http_confs(Config));
-load_bridge(Type, Name, Config) ->
-    do_load_bridge(Type, Name, Config).
-
-do_load_bridge(Type, Name, Config) ->
-    case emqx_resource:check_and_create_local(
-            emqx_bridge:resource_id(Type, Name),
-            emqx_bridge:resource_type(Type), Config) of
-        {ok, already_created} -> ok;
-        {ok, _} -> ok;
-        {error, Reason} ->
-            error({load_bridge, Reason})
-    end.
-
-parse_http_confs(#{ <<"url">> := Url
-                  , <<"method">> := Method
-                  , <<"body">> := Body
-                  , <<"headers">> := Headers
-                  , <<"request_timeout">> := ReqTimeout
-                  } = Conf) ->
-    {BaseUrl, Path} = parse_url(Url),
-    Conf#{ <<"base_url">> => BaseUrl
-         , <<"request">> =>
-            #{ <<"path">> => Path
-             , <<"method">> => Method
-             , <<"body">> => Body
-             , <<"headers">> => Headers
-             , <<"request_timeout">> => ReqTimeout
-             }
-         }.
-
-parse_url(Url) ->
-    case string:split(Url, "//", leading) of
-        [Scheme, UrlRem] ->
-            case string:split(UrlRem, "/", leading) of
-                [HostPort, Path] ->
-                    {iolist_to_binary([Scheme, "//", HostPort]), Path};
-                [HostPort] ->
-                    {iolist_to_binary([Scheme, "//", HostPort]), <<>>}
-            end;
-        [Url] ->
-            error({invalid_url, Url})
-    end.
-
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl
index 65f612f21..d0a7aeec6 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -46,22 +46,19 @@ init_per_testcase(_, Config) ->
 end_per_testcase(_, _Config) ->
     ok.
 
--define(PATH1, <<"path1">>).
--define(PATH2, <<"path2">>).
--define(HTTP_BRIDGE(PATH),
+-define(URL1, <<"http://localhost:9901/path1">>).
+-define(URL2, <<"http://localhost:9901/path2">>).
+-define(HTTP_BRIDGE(URL),
 #{
-    <<"base_url">> => <<"http://localhost:9901">>,
-    <<"egress">> => #{
-        <<"a">> => #{
-            <<"from_local_topic">> => <<"emqx_http/#">>,
-            <<"method">> => <<"post">>,
-            <<"path">> => PATH,
-            <<"body">> => <<"${payload}">>,
-            <<"headers">> => #{
-                <<"content-type">> => <<"application/json">>
-            }
-        }
+    <<"url">> => URL,
+    <<"from_local_topic">> => <<"emqx_http/#">>,
+    <<"method">> => <<"post">>,
+    <<"ssl">> => #{<<"enable">> => false},
+    <<"body">> => <<"${payload}">>,
+    <<"headers">> => #{
+        <<"content-type">> => <<"application/json">>
     }
+
 }).
 
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -107,29 +104,25 @@ t_crud_apis(_) ->
     %% then we add a http bridge now
     {200, [Bridge]} = emqx_bridge_api:crud_bridges_cluster(put,
         #{ bindings => #{id => <<"http:test_bridge">>}
-         , body => ?HTTP_BRIDGE(?PATH1)
+         , body => ?HTTP_BRIDGE(?URL1)
          }),
     %ct:pal("---bridge: ~p", [Bridge]),
     ?assertMatch(#{ id := <<"http:test_bridge">>
                   , bridge_type := http
                   , is_connected := _
                   , node := _
-                  , <<"egress">> := #{
-                      <<"a">> := #{<<"path">> := ?PATH1}
-                    }
+                  , <<"url">> := ?URL1
                   }, Bridge),
 
     %% update the request-path of the bridge
     {200, [Bridge2]} = emqx_bridge_api:crud_bridges_cluster(put,
         #{ bindings => #{id => <<"http:test_bridge">>}
-         , body => ?HTTP_BRIDGE(?PATH2)
+         , body => ?HTTP_BRIDGE(?URL2)
          }),
     ?assertMatch(#{ id := <<"http:test_bridge">>
                   , bridge_type := http
                   , is_connected := _
-                  , <<"egress">> := #{
-                      <<"a">> := #{<<"path">> := ?PATH2}
-                    }
+                  , <<"url">> := ?URL2
                   }, Bridge2),
 
     %% list all bridges again, assert Bridge2 is in it
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_http.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_http.erl
index 388e56919..87ebf3863 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_http.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_http.erl
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ sc(Type, Meta) -> hoconsc:mk(Type, Meta).
 ref(Field) -> hoconsc:ref(?MODULE, Field).
 
 %% ===================================================================
+
 on_start(InstId, #{base_url := #{scheme := Scheme,
                                  host := Host,
                                  port := Port,