nginx.conf

server {
    listen 8080;
    server_name localhost;
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html;

    # Allow long URLs for shared state
    client_header_buffer_size 64k;
    large_client_header_buffers 4 64k;

    # Gzip compression
    gzip on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
    }

    # Proxy API requests to Google
    location /api/giq/ {
        rewrite ^/api/giq/(.*) /$1 break;
        proxy_pass https://gkerecommender.googleapis.com;
        proxy_ssl_server_name on;
        proxy_set_header Host gkerecommender.googleapis.com;
    }

    # Cache static assets
    location /assets/ {
        expires 1y;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
    }
}