frontend: Proxy prod backend for local development (#789)

frontend/config/webpack.dev.js

@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ const dev = {
             stats: "errors-only"
         },
         historyApiFallback: true,
-        // feel free to delete this section if you don't need anything like this
+        proxy: {
-        onBeforeSetupMiddleware: function (devServer) {
+            '/backend': {
-            // on port 3000
+                target: 'https://nixos-search-7-1733963800.us-east-1.bonsaisearch.net/',
-            devServer.app.get("/test", function (req, res) {
+                pathRewrite: {'^/backend' : ''},
-                res.json({result: "You reached the dev server"});
+                changeOrigin: true
-            });
+            },
-
+        },
-        }
     },
 };