setupProxy.js

const { createProxyMiddleware } = require("http-proxy-middleware")

module.exports = function(app) {
	// requests meant to the development api server
	// (which should be running on port 3001) are
	// proxied from "/api..." addresses
	app.use(
		"/api",
		createProxyMiddleware({
			target: "http://localhost:3001",
			pathRewrite: { "^/api": "" }
		})
	)
}