How to properly setup localhost for react + api development - reactjs

I am developing app with react-redux. And I am using the quick development, which always build my client at localhost:3000
I have my api written in php, and its on localhost:80.
So its cross-origin, but on production its not. So I would like to develop it while being on the same domain+port. But I have no clue how to set it up.
I am using MAMP - Apache for the php and yarn (create-react-app) for react.
So it can't run at the same port.
Anyone any ideas how to solve this problem?
When I use "yarn start" I can edit my react code and its compiled upon save and I can see the edited code within seconds at the localhost:3000
Is it possible to "deploy" it in this "developer" mode into some folder, where I could possibly setup a server using actually MAMP ( apache ) ?
Thanks in advance

In case if for client side of your application you have use create-react-app, you can add a proxy configuration in package.json file.
"proxy": {
"/apiRoute": {
"target": "http://localhost:80"
},
},
So all your request will be redirected to port 80(PHP) from client side.
The /apiRoute is the name of the routes (GET, POST, PUT..) you had defined in PHP. So i would suggest to make a pattern in PHP for all routes like /api/**, so in package.json instead of adding all routes, you can something like below
"proxy": {
"/api/*": {
"target": "http://localhost:80"
},
},

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React CRA: When adding subdomain on localhost it says: The development server has disconnected

I am on a project with create-react-app without ejecting.
I wanted to have subdomains on localhost or a fake host for development.
When I added my host in windows hosts file it said invalid host header even if I add HOST=mydevhost.com DANGEROUSLY_DISABLE_HOST_CHECK=true in .env file.
I couldn't make it work without using third party apps so I used Fiddler and it worked as expected now the sites comes up but instantly says:
The development server has disconnected.
Refresh the page if necessary.
The problem is that the fast refresh doesn't work now and I have to refresh the site every time I make a change. Is there anything that I'm doing wrong here? Should I even use something like Fiddler here?
I ended up using react-app-rewired and in config-overrides.js I added the subdomain to allowed host. The final config looks like this:
module.exports = {
webpack: (config, env) => {
return config;
},
devServer: (configFunction) => (proxy, allowedHost) => {
const devServerConfig = configFunction(proxy, allowedHost);
devServerConfig.allowedHosts = ["subdomain.localhost"];
return devServerConfig;
},
};
I thing you can do that from your operating system to point your local domain to your react server, meaning that can create a local domain that points to the app server (host:port).
here's a guideline that may help:
https://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/local-domain-names-ubuntu/
Relevant answers:
How can I develop locally using a domain name instead of 'localhost:3000' in the url with create-react-app?

React app fails to run with Apache reverse proxy

I'm using the reverse-proxy apache2 module to forward any request from https://my_server.com/test_app/ to the react production app, which is running on :3000.
If i'm using https://my_server.com:3000, everything works fine. But https://my_server.com/test_app/ fails then to get the static files and react fails to load.
It seems to request the static files on the port 80, but my react app is running on 3000.
How can i fix this?
package.json
{
"private": true,
"homepage": "/",
...
}
httpd.conf
ProxyPass /test_app http://localhost:3000
Instead of using serve, i just placed the contents of the build into a directory in /var/www/html/<Some-Directory> (So i'm using Apache only). I had to define basename for the <Router /> and update my links, but seems to work fine for now.

Setting variables per environment electron-react app

its the first time i do electron app,
this app need to do API calls to lets say:
http:/<baseUrl>/someAPI
I need to change this "baseURL" on build somehow.
(can be anything...)
and cant use System.env when app is build.
i am using electron builder
I am thinking about creating a script and adding it to "package.json",
any thing more simple?
Thanks!
you can use proxy in package.json
Example
"proxy": "http://example.com"
so in each HTTP request will assign this proxy in the URL.
or you can use this package electron-proxy-agent

Create-React-App build - "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <"

I realize this question has been asked multiple times but nothing has worked for me...
I'm trying to create a static build of a create-react-app project but I'm getting the following errors:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < 1.ca81c833.chunk.js:1
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < main.7ced8661.chunk.js:1
Due to these files being minified, I'm not sure where to begin in debugging them.
Per other SO responses, here are some things I've tried:
//Original index.html file, which gets included in the built file:
<script type="text/babel" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-core/5.8.24/browser.min.js"></script>
//package.json
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
//.babelrc file
{
"presets": ["react", "es2015", "stage-1"]
}
Not sure if this is relevant, but I have this on my express server, which I believe is standard:
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
app.use(express.static('client/built'));
app.get("*", (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(require('path')
.resolve(__dirname, 'client', 'build', 'index.html'));
})
}
Assuming it's actually a JSX issue, the whole thing is very confusing - shouldn't create-react-app be handling JSX automatically?
UPDATE: I just posted this question but already have a relevant update. I'm able to serve the page statically through pm2 by running pm2 serve build so I think the issue may be with my server configuration.
Thanks this helped me a lot.
Just wanting to add to this with an example from a Create-React-App project that had the same solution:
I received the same error after deploying to heroku.
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < after serve -s build
For me the problem was in the packages.json file. The "homepage" parameter i gave was incorrect. Changing this to the correct heroku URL solved the issue.
"homepage": "https://myapp.herokuapp.com/"
Hope this addition is helpful.
I ended up finding an answer here: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/1812
I trimmed down the full solution from above, but I changed:
app.use(express.static('client/build'));
app.get("*", (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(require('path')
.resolve(__dirname, 'client', 'build', 'index.html'));
})
to:
const root = require('path').join(__dirname, 'client', 'build')
app.use(express.static(root));
app.get("*", (req, res) => {
res.sendFile('index.html', { root });
})
It's definitely a bit strange to me that the first block didn't work. I assume it has something to do with the relative links in my React project since I do get an index.html file delivered to browser, despite getting the error. Maybe a completely static file would work with the first block, but I'd be interested to know if that's accurate.
just remove
"homepage": "your app url "
from package.json to fix it
Remove the "homepage": "app-url" from package.json. Absence of homepage in package.json will assume that it will be hosted at the server root, or you will serve the build with serve -s build.
And Yes, specifying homepage will be helpful when you are going to deploy the App in a sub-directory of the server root.
To host your app on the IIS with the name somedomain.net and your solution already has a Web API project.
You will map the solution folder with the main Web app i.e., somedomain.net
You will convert the Web API project to Application from IIS.
Then you will convert the build folder of React App to web App just like Web API
To make front-end App working specify the "homepage": "somedomain.net/React-Project/Client-App/build"
I created a build version of react app using "npm run build".
I have a server (node/express).
I wanted to include the build in server side and deploy to heroku. What i did is copied build folder to server root folder and used code in server side startup file:
app.get('/*', function (req, res, next) {
if (!req.path.includes('api'))
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'build', 'index.html'));
else next();
});
I was getting the same error. So i just set the path for static contents at starting:
var app = express();
//here below
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build')));
And my static index.html was served fine and was able to find resources css and js.
I had faced the same issue when deploying my react build to production. After spending hours trying to figure out what went wrong on a previously working code, I figured out a mistake I made in deployment.
I hadn't copied the folder static inside build to the server because I used scp build/* to copy the build folder in place of scp -r build/*.
I understand that this is not the exact answer to the question asked here. But I had tried out almost all possible options from answers given by experts here before I noticed the error I was making.
Hence, adding this here as a pointer to anyone facing similar issue to verify the deployment steps as well.
UPDATE:
Recently I need to deploy create-react-app project to subpath of client's domain which is http://example.com/foo/bar
This approach is using Nginx, React-Router.
Add PUBLIC_URL to .env file.
+ PUBLIC_URL=/foo/bar
Add basename to <BrowserRouter>.
- <BrowserRouter>
+ <BrowserRouter basename={process.env.PUBLIC_URL}>
Change your Nginx config.
location /foo/bar {
alias /path/to/build;
try_files $uri /$uri /foo/bar/index.html;
}
Here is a create-react-app document about how to build with .env:
Customizing Environment
Hope this solution helps!
Ran into the same issue when I want to deploy the static build of a create-react-app project to my linux server.
I solved with this issue comment on cra's github and the cra's official document about how to deploy production build.
For example:
I want to put the production build website under something like http://example.com/foo/bar.
When I deploy without changing any default settings, I will get this "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <" error and nothing shows up on the screen.
Here is the solution:
Add homepage parameter to your package.json.
+ "homepage": "/foo/bar"
Add "/foo/bar" to all of your static resources in css which will be like:
.dummyimage {
- content: url('/dummyimage.jpg');
+ content: url('/foo/bar/dummyimage.jpg');
}
Add "/foo/bar" to all of your links and routes.
- linkTo: '/contact'
+ linkTo: '/foo/bar/contact'
Changing a little of your serve program's code, in node.js/express it will be like:
- app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/build')));
+ app.use('/foo/bar/', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/build')));
Build again.
Deploy build/ to the server.
Restart your serve program, like node.js/express.
Problem solved!!
Hope this solution is helpful.
Just remove homepage key in package.json and also don't forgot to remove the basename in BrowserRouter, if you're using the react router.
That's it. It's working
i have faced kind of same issue when i want deploy my react app to github-pages :-
its need's follow few guidelines
Repository name should be in small latter
If project name same as repo name that usefull
addd {
"predeploy": "npm run build",
"deploy": "gh-pages -d build"
} on package.json
add homepage script at the starting of the package.json
{
"homepage": "http://[Username].github.io/[reponame]",
"name": "--",
"version": "--",
"private": boolean,
}
As most of us have already suggested removing homepage property from package.json
Let me explain, why it worked in my case:
Earlier I had setup my project to be hosted on Github pages and as a result, it had homepage property set to something like "https://shubhamshd.github.io/supplyChainApp"
However as there are known navigational errors mainly related to BrowserRouter package on Github-pages, I had to switch to other hosting platforms.
And as I forgot to remove the homepage property, deployment did not work on any of the platforms like Vercel or Netlify.
It was after long hours of search and trial, that I finally stumbled upon this thread, specifically the #Shashwat Gupta and finally managed to resolve it by removing the unwanted homepage property.
If you are deploying your client to S3, when deploying with react-deploy-s3, assign the distribution-id from CloudFront
react-deploy-s3 deploy \
--access-key-id XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX \
--secret-access-key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX \
--bucket XXXXXXX \
--region us-east-1 \
--distribution-id XXXXXXXXXXXXX <---

why cors issue coming even though angular application running on the same server from where we are calling the rest call

I have developed angular application in my local machine.
In my application I'm making the rest call to get the data.
So in my local machine I'm getting the CORS issue.
But when I deploy this angular application on the same server with same port
i.e. both rest api and my application are on same server with same port.
REST API:- http://domain:port/api
App URL:- http://domain:port/home
Then also I'm getting the CORS issue while making the call to rest api.
Please explain me how to resolve this.
Thanks,
Suresh
On your local machine you can create a proxy to redirect calls to the api to be on the same port as your angular app. Create a file called proxy.conf.json and put the following in it changing apiport to your apis port number.
{
"/api/*": {
"target": "http://localhost:apiport/api/",
"pathRewrite": {
"^/api": ""
},
"changeOrigin": true,
"secure": false,
"logLevel": "debug"
}
}
and then start the app with
ng serve --proxy-config proxy.config.json
or add the following to the scripts section of your package.json file
"localstart": "ng serve --proxy-config proxy.config.json",
and start with
npm run localstart

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