React Proxy error: Could not proxy request /api/ from localhost:3000 to http://localhost:8000 (ECONNREFUSED)

Question

I have a React frontend that uses jwt to authenticate with the Django backend. The backend works and is connecting just fine using django views, but when I try to proxy a r

Answer 1

I faced a similar issue but in Mac machine. I changed localhost to 127.0.0.1 in the package.json and that worked for me as below:

"proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:5000"