How to point to localhost:8000 with the Dart http package in Flutter?

Question

I\'m following the Flutter Networking/HTTP tutorial to do a GET request to a server running on my localhost:8000. Visiting my localhost via my browser works fine. My code lo

Answer 1

replace 'localhost' in your url to wifi connection ip e.g : 'http://localhost:8000' => 'http://192.168.1.102:8000'. you can get your wifi ip from command prompt with cmd>ipconfig (wireless LAN adapter WI-FI.

var url = 'http://192.168.1.102:8000';
Future getUnits(String category) async {
    var response = await httpClient.get('$url/$category');
    return response.body;
}