Could not proxy request

[anthonyweston-dev]

Getting this error when trying to register a user after initial install:

Proxy error: Could not proxy request /api/users/register from localhost:3000 to http://localhost:5000

[rwest88]

Getting (basically) this when deployed to Heroku.

[trujic1000]

Try installing cors and adding it as a middleware in your server.js.

const cors = require("cors");
app.use(cors({
    origin: "http://localhost:3000"
}));

[jcwheatley]

Adding the following two lines to users.js and plaid.js just after your variable definitions worked for me.

router.use(express.json());
router.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

Then add the following (same thing but using app) to server.js right under variable definitions:

app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

[tabaddor]

To fix this issue:

Within your package.json file within the client folder, set the proxy field to:

"proxy": "http://localhost:5000"

Then, in server.js, set the port to:

const port = process.env.PORT || 5000;

Hope that helped!

[AnthonyYangzhiHong]

In package.json scripts, changing "server" scripts from "nodemon server.js" to "node server.js" solved the issue for me. Doubt whether nodemon has some conflicts with proxy.

[swastiksahoo153]

In package.json scripts, changing "server" scripts from "nodemon server.js" to "node server.js" solved the issue for me. Doubt whether nodemon has some conflicts with proxy.

same for me