Require http:// or https:// at front of proxy URL

Created by: silvenon

Description

I'm having trouble with getting the proxy feature to work. I'm not sure if it's because my API requires HTTP basic authentication. This is my code:

// package.json
{
  // ...
  "proxy": "http://localhost:4000"
}

fetch('/users', {
  headers: {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    'authorization': 'Basic ' + btoa(process.env.REACT_APP_USERNAME + ':' + process.env.REACT_APP_PASSWORD),
    'content-type': 'application/vnd.api+json',
  },
});

Expected behavior

I expected it to work, the headers are correct because http://localhost:4000/users works fine. I don't have CORS issues because I set my API to accept any origin in development, but I still want to achieve this via the proxy feature.

Actual behavior

I get this error:

Proxy error: Could not proxy request /meetings from localhost:3000 to http://localhost:9292.
See https://nodejs.org/api/errors.html#errors_common_system_errors for more information (ECONNREFUSED).

Environment

1. npm ls react-scripts: react-scripts@0.6.1
2. node -v: v6.3.0
3. npm -v: 3.10.3
4. Operating system: macOS Sierra (10.12)
5. Browser and version: Chrome 53.0.2785.116

Reproducible Demo

silvenon/demo-cra-basic-auth