Nodejs Express Api Only Returns Index.html File On Production?

My original question: How to set up VueJS routes and NodeJS Express API routes? I got feedback that if Serving VueJS Builds via Express.js using history mode question doesn't solve

Solution 1:

I ended up placing all API endpoints under /api prefix and changed the Nginx configs to be something like this:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;

    location /api {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:1234;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

So, now using /api/user instead of /user works as expected. Doesn't return the index.html file anymore.