frontend/vite.config.js

import { defineConfig } from "vite";
import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
import path from "path";

// IMPORTANT: proxy API calls to backend when running both inside one container
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "./src"),
    },
  },
  server: {
    proxy: {
      "/api": "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
    }
  }
});