Source code for medium nginx configuration article

default

server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	listen [::]:80 default_server;


	root /var/www/html;

	index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

	server_name _;

	location / {
		# serve static frontend first
		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
	}

	# location ~*^/(api|posts|products) {
	location /api {
		proxy_pass http://localhost:4000;
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
		proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
		proxy_set_header Host $host;
		proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
	}
}

the backend URL become un accesible for someone made request like get or post

forexample mysite.com/api/post is not working

In location /api block all requests beginning with /api are sent to http://localhost:4000. For e.g.: GET mysite.com/api/apples -> GET localhost:4000/api/apples.