Support either proxy-conf or use ssr entrypoint for @angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server

[asgerjensen]

Command

serve

Description

I have a project using @angular-devkit/build-angular:application as executor.
This project has SSR enabled, via ssr: { entry: 'path/to/file' } and server: path-to-main.server.ts

When i run nx serve it detects that i have SSR enabled, and helpfully starts the server side rendering, by bootstrapping the thing from server path (not the thing from ssr.entry)

I have an external api, that is usually mapped via proxyConf, but this seems not to take effect. Ie the client side requests for /api/ does not get proxied, but rather the requests get sent to the SSR part which then just renders index.html

And since its not using the ssr-entry point to run this server, i cant add, say, an express-proxy to the configuration.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like to be able to proxy calls to third party, for browser side calls, on projects that use build-angular:application and build-angular:dev-server

Describe alternatives you've considered

I can inject the true host names for third party service, from server side variables into client side, but this adds CORS overhead and management issues during normal development.

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