Create frontend/vite.config.js

frontend/vite.config.js

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+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
+
+// IMPORTANT: proxy API calls to backend when running both inside one container
+export default defineConfig({
+  plugins: [react()],
+  server: {
+    proxy: {
+      "/api": "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
+    }
+  }
+});