From cb2353785f4f18bd389a852a2016f38a23640876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MayaTheShy <MayaTheShy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:29:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] style: Add middleware to rewrite requests without /api prefix
 for reverse proxy compatibility

---
 server/server.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index e1d92de..ff69532 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ const WS_PORT = 3002;
 app.use(cors());
 app.use(express.json({ limit: '5mb' }));
 
+// Rewrite requests that arrive without /api prefix (from reverse proxy stripping it)
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  if (!req.path.startsWith('/api') && req.path !== '/' && req.path !== '/health') {
+    req.url = '/api' + req.url;
+  }
+  next();
+});
+
 // Initialize database
 db.initializeDatabase();