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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/content/configuration/dev-server.md
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Expand Up @@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ webpack-dev-server --port 8080

Proxying some URLs can be useful when you have a separate API backend development server and you want to send API requests on the same domain.

The dev-server makes use of the powerful [http-proxy-middleware](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware) package. Checkout its [documentation](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware#options) for more advanced usages.
The dev-server makes use of the powerful [http-proxy-middleware](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware) package. Check out its [documentation](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware#options) for more advanced usages. Note that some of `http-proxy-middleware`'s features do not require a `target` key, e.g. its `router` feature, but you will still need to include a `target` key in your config here, otherwise `webpack-dev-server` won't pass it along to `http-proxy-middleware`).

With a backend on `localhost:3000`, you can use this to enable proxying:

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