I noticed the following proxy-related commands while setting up my local env;
npm config set proxy http://aproxy.mycomp.net:8080
npm config set https-proxy http://aproxy.mycomp.net:8080
I am not sure what is it really useful for? Please suggest.
https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#proxy
Sets the proxy to use when fetching things (i.e. packages) over the network.
So does it mean it will be used for every HTTP request…
even when I am testing locally an API of the form http://localhost:4200/api/someFiles
No - it only affects npm commands. Your Ember server is not part of npm.
Oh so does not affect running my test application in browser …
ember serve --proxy http://some-other-url
for one off proxying
or ember g http-proxy /api/v1
for sticky proxies