React Proxy error: Could not proxy request /api/ from localhost:3000 to http://localhost:8000 (ECONNREFUSED)

Question

I have a React frontend that uses jwt to authenticate with the Django backend. The backend works and is connecting just fine using django views, but when I try to proxy a r

Answer 1

I'm running into the same problem as well. Most search results mention adding "secure": false or "ignorePath": true to your proxy config. Something like this:

"proxy": {
    "/api/*":  {
      "target": "http://localhost:8000",
      "secure": false
    }
  },

May be worth a try but unfortunately none of this worked for me. Although each address (http://localhost:3000 and http://localhost:8000) work completely fine in the browser, maybe since the container is actually proxying it needs to use a Docker address?

EDIT--

Alright I think I figured it out. I believe it did have to do with the container to container communication. Looking in your docker-compose, your api server is called django. Change your package.json file to this:

"proxy": {
    "/api/*":  {
      "target": "http://django:8000",
      "secure": false
    }
  }