Error 404 on API Request: POST http://localhost:3000/api/register

[Code-with-pratyush]

I'm encountering a 404 error when attempting to register a user via the POST API request to http://localhost:3000/api/register. This issue occurs during the registration process in my React application.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory.
2. Start the local development server (usually with npm start or yarn start).
3. Go to the registration page.
4. Fill in the required registration details.
5. Submit the registration form.

Expected Behavior

The API request should successfully register the user and return a 200 status code with the appropriate response.

Actual Behavior

The API request returns a 404 Not Found error. Below is the relevant error log from the browser console:

You can find the issue diagrammatic view by navigating through below link: Error in UI: Error in console:

Could you please help identify the cause of the 404 error and provide guidance on resolving it? Thank you for your assistance!!

[geekananya]

Hi @Code-with-pratyush, I ran the project and caught some points worth noting:

• I copied the env variable values as instructed in the README.md file, and that seemed to be the problem. If you wrote this line exactly in your .env file as well, the api call route ends up being appended as http://localhost:8080' # example 'http://localhost:8080/api/register

  .env REACT_APP_SERVER_DOMAIN='' # example 'http://localhost:8080'

You should check for this in your own .env file, and remove the "comment" as well. I changed this and the /register endpoint seemed to work fine. If the issue still persists though, let me know; also make sure you are running the code in the main branch, which i cloned.

• I also ran into an error during the subsequent /registermail call, but it was solved after I regenerated the ethereal credentials. In any case, if there is some error, you might want to try that.

Hope this resolves your issue :)