Angular proxy

The provided proxy.conf.json file is a configuration file used in Angular projects to set up a proxy for API requests during development. This is particularly useful when your Angular application runs on a development server (e.g., http://localhost:4200) and needs to communicate with a backend server running on a different domain or port (e.g., http://localhost:8080). Without a proxy, such cross-origin requests would typically be blocked by the browser due to the **Same-Origin Policy**.

### Key Elements of the Configuration:

1. **"/api"**: This is the context or path that the proxy will intercept. Any HTTP request from the Angular application that starts with /api will be redirected to the backend server specified in the target property. For example, a request to http://localhost:4200/api/users will be proxied to http://localhost:8080/api/users.

2. **"target": "http://localhost:8080"**: This specifies the backend server to which the requests should be forwarded. In this case, the proxy will redirect requests to http://localhost:8080.

3. **"secure": false**: This indicates whether the proxy should validate the SSL certificate of the target server. Setting it to false is useful during development when working with self-signed or invalid certificates. For production, this should typically be set to true to ensure secure communication.

### How It Works:
When you run your Angular application using the Angular CLI (ng serve), the development server reads the proxy.conf.json file (if configured in angular.json) and sets up the proxy. This allows your frontend to make API calls to /api without worrying about cross-origin issues, as the proxy server handles the communication with the backend.

### Benefits:
– **Avoids CORS Issues**: By routing API requests through the same origin as the Angular development server, the proxy eliminates cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) problems.
– **Simplifies API Calls**: You can use relative paths (e.g., /api) in your Angular code instead of hardcoding the backend URL, making the application easier to configure for different environments.
– **Secure Development**: The secure: false option allows you to work with development servers that may not have valid SSL certificates.

### Usage:
To enable this proxy configuration, you need to reference it in your angular.json file under the serve options:

"serve": {
"options": {
"proxyConfig": "src/proxy.conf.json"
}
}

Once configured, start your Angular development server with ng serve, and the proxy will handle requests to /api by forwarding them to http://localhost:8080.