Proxy error: ECONNREFUSED (Laravel)

[lihaibh]

Im trying to foward all requests from my Express app that runs on port 4365 to another application that runs on port 9000.
In my case im trying to build a Laravel app that will be used only for api porpuses and angular app that will use that api.

This is the code i use:

var app             = require('express')()
    , proxyMiddleware = require('http-proxy-middleware')
    , http          = require('http').Server(app);
var context = '/api'; 
var options = {
    target: 'http://localhost:9000', // target host
    changeOrigin: true,               // needed for virtual hosted sites
    ws: true,                         // proxy websockets
};
app.use(proxyMiddleware(context, options));
http.listen(4365, "localhost", function(){
    console.log('Express server is listening on Port 4365 ');
});

Assume i have Laravel app running on port 9000 with api routing valid.
When i run it and open the browser and type in the url: http:\localhost:4365\api\v1\comments i assume to get the json, but it shows me an error: "Error occured while trying to proxy to: localhost:4365/api/v1/comments"

console output:
[HPM] Proxy created: /api -> http://localhost:9000
Express server is listening on Port 4365
[HPM] Proxy error: ECONNREFUSED. localhost -> "localhost:9000/api/v1/comments"

[chimurai]

It sounds like issue #21.

(don't see anything weird in your configuration.)

[lihaibh]

Wow thank you so much that actually worked!
Though why do we set host 0.0.0.0 and not 127.0.0.1?
Also this way how do i debug my api? i always start it up though PhpStorm...

[chimurai]

Np. Just remembered someone else bump into a similar issue.
No idea what the difference is between to two configurations....
I'm totally unfamiliar with Laravel.

But please do update this thread if you found the answer.

[awdyer]

Not sure what the difference is either, but the following also worked for me:

php artisan serve --host 127.0.0.1

[mehdilamaaffar]

Thanks that's help !

[stanNo1]

php artisan serve --host 127.0.0.1
thanks @awdyer