nginx.dev.conf

events { }

http {
  server {
    listen 80;


    location / {

      proxy_http_version 1.1;
      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
      
      # Requests are directed to http://localhost:5173
      proxy_pass http://web:5173;
    }
    # Requests starting with /api are handled
    location /api {
      # since this particular api does include /api in its development url (3001/api), there is no point on removing it
      # by using trailing slashes, /api gets appended to server:3001.
      proxy_pass http://server:3001;
    }
    
    # the inverse is true if trailing slash is used, I need to add /api/ to the proxy_pass to match the exact 3001/api url of the app
    # location /api/ {
    # # port and resource (api) have to match apparently exactly as the app runs on develop
    #   proxy_pass http://server:3001/api/;
    # }

  }
}