Invoke-RestMethod pulling from localhost

OS: Windows
Browser: Chrome
Versions:
    Pode: 2.10.1
    Pode.Web: 1.0.0
    PowerShell: 5.1

I've combined three snippets from the tutorial, Basic (the services thing), Button and Route. I was hoping that I could put a button in each row of the table and Use a invoke to, eventually, do an action against a Local route/api. But for some reason, just having the embedded invoke in a button seems to time-out (on the rest get). -I can run the invoke in another ps1 script, same machine, and it works ok. I can pull the 'api' in another chrome tab and that works.

I just can't place it.

Import-Module -Name Pode, Pode.Web

Start-PodeServer {
    Add-PodeEndpoint -Address localhost -Port 8081 -Protocol Http
    #Add-PodeEndpoint -Address localhost -Port 8091 -Protocol Http -Name EndpointB

    New-PodeLoggingMethod -Terminal | Enable-PodeErrorLogging -Levels @("Error", "Warning")
    New-PodeLoggingMethod -Terminal | Enable-PodeRequestLogging

    Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/api' -ScriptBlock {
    #Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/api' -EndpointName EndpointB -ScriptBlock {
        # logic
        Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ 'value' = 'pong'; }
    }

    Use-PodeWebTemplates -Title 'testing' -Theme Light

    Add-PodeWebPage -Name 'Services' -Icon 'Settings' -ScriptBlock {
        New-PodeWebCard -Content @(
            New-PodeWebButton -Name 'One' -DataValue 'One' -ScriptBlock {
                $resp = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://localhost:8091/api' -Method Get
                Show-PodeWebToast -Message "This came from a button, with a data value of $resp"  #'$($WebEvent.Data['Value'])'!"
            }

            New-PodeWebTable -Name 'Services' -ScriptBlock {
                foreach ($svc in (Get-Service | Select-Object -First 3)) {
                    [ordered]@{
                        Name   = $svc.Name
                        Status = "$($svc.Status)"
                        Action   = @(New-PodeWebButton -Name $svc.Name -DataValue $svc.Name -ScriptBlock {
                            Show-PodeWebToast -Message "This came from a button, with a data value of '$($WebEvent.Data['Value'])'!"
                        })
                    }
                }
            }
        )
    }
}

Date: 2024-09-04 19:31:34
Level: Error
ThreadId: 1
Server: DESKTOP-AHVFRTD
Category: InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebException
Message: Unable to connect to the remote server
StackTrace: at <ScriptBlock>, C:\ps\basic+button+route.ps1: line 22
at Invoke-PodeScriptBlock, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Pode\2.10.1\Public\Utilities.ps1: line 553
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 6
at Invoke-PodeScriptBlock, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Pode\2.10.1\Public\Utilities.ps1: line 545
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 124

Date: 2024-09-04 19:31:34
Level: Error
ThreadId: 1
Server: DESKTOP-AHVFRTD
Category: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility
Message: Unable to connect to the remote server
StackTrace:    at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestPSCmdlet.GetResponse(WebRequest request)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestPSCmdlet.ProcessRecord()

Date: 2024-09-04 19:31:34
Level: Error
ThreadId: 1
Server: DESKTOP-AHVFRTD
Category: System
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8091
StackTrace:    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.InternalEndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)

that test ps1

$output = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://localhost:8081/api' -Method Get

write-host $output
pause

Here is the output of the ps1 on the same machine

'C:\ps\webtest1.ps1'
@{value=pong}
Press Enter to continue...:

I tried another powershell variant of httpwebrequest, to replace the invoke but it is overly long and didn't behave differently. I read that the Rest and Web Invoke are sort of legacy and the Httpwebrequest is 'newer'?

$url = "http://localhost:8081/api"
$webrequest = [System.Net.HTTPWebRequest]::Create($url);
$webrequest.Method = "GET"
$streamReader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader(($webrequest.GetResponse()).GetResponseStream())
$output = $streamReader.ReadToEnd()

Badgerati / Pode.Web

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