Can't access CakePHP API endpoint via ReactJS. Only through the browser - reactjs

Question

I am trying to build a REST API for my server via CakePHP. I thought I had it working as I can receive the JSON responses via the web browser however when trying to access the same route via ReactJS, the Controllers Action is not actually firing.
Reading the CakePHP docs I really should only have to implement these lines of code to get the API working (According to the docs) and I did:
/config/routes.php
Router::scope('/', function($routes) {
$routes->setExtensions(['json']);
$routes->resources('Users');
});
Here is the API Endpoint I want to hit:
`public function signUp() {
$file = fopen("error_log.txt", "w");
$txt = "firing endpoint";
$fwrite($file, $txt);
$fclose($file);
$response = $this->response;
$responseText = [
"status" => "200",
"message" => "User added successfully"
];
$response = $response->withType("application/json")
->withStringBody(json_encode($responseText));
return $response;
}`
Here I am successfully hitting that endpoint via the browser. My log message also appears in the error_log.txt file
Here is where I'm making a request via ReactJS:
handleRequest = () => {
console.log('making request');
axios({
method: 'get',
url: 'https://157.230.176.243/users/register.json',
data: {
email: this.state.email,
password: this.state.password
}
})
.then(function(response) {
console.log('got response');
console.log(response);
})
.catch(function(error) {
console.log('got error');
console.log(error);
})
.then(function(data) {
console.log('always executed');
console.log(data);
});
}
When I make this request via ReactJS I get a XHR failed loading: OPTIONS "https://157.230.176.243/users/register.json"
Also when making this request via ReactJS my log message does not get written to error_log.txt

Answer 1

Ok I finally figured out what was wrong. I have my React Development server running on
157.230.176.243:3001
and my CakePHP API served on that same server,
157.230.176.243
React didn't like it that I was passing the full URL of the API to the fetch()
call. I switched my React code to
url: "/users/register.json"
and it works fine.