Angular Nx Tutorial - Step 6: Proxy
You passed --frontendProject=todos when creating the node application. What did that argument do?
It created a proxy configuration that allows the Angular application to talk to the API in development.
To see how it works, open apps/todos/project.json and find the serve target of the todos app.
{
"serve": {
"executor": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
"configurations": {
"production": {
"browserTarget": "todos:build:production"
},
"development": {
"browserTarget": "todos:build:development"
}
},
"defaultConfiguration": "development",
"options": {
"proxyConfig": "apps/todos/proxy.conf.json"
}
}
}
Note the proxyConfig property.
Now open apps/todos/proxy.conf.json:
{
"/api": {
"target": "http://localhost:3333",
"secure": false
}
}
This configuration tells nx serve to forward all requests starting with /api to the process listening on port 3333.
What's Next
- Continue to Step 7: Share Code