How to make API calls within docker environment? - php

Question

I am building an app wrapped in docker, that consist of PHP backend ("API") and NODE frontend, they are united by NGINX, where php app is served by the means of php-fpm and my node app is served by the reverse proxy. NGINX exposes phpMyAdmin app (phpmyadmin.test) and "API" (api.php.test) for dev purposes and NODE api (nodeapp.test).
NODE apps SSR ("Server-Side Rendering") needs to fetch some data from an API within docker the network, and because domains such as api.php.test can't be recognized from within docker I have to make calls to NGINX container which serves 3 different domains mentioned above, so I either need to fake 'HOST' header to get appropriate response from an API via NGINX which leads problems. Such as: Refused to set unsafe header "Host", Error: unable to verify the first certificate in nodejs etc.
Do I have to spin up Nginx container for each endpoint to avoid these issues? Or is there a better way to go around this?
Here is an example of my docker-compose.yml to give you a better idea of what happens in my app.
version: "3.7"
services:
workspace:
build:
context: workspace
args:
WORKSPACE_USER: ${WORKSPACE_USER}
volumes:
- api:/var/www/api
- site:/var/www/site
ports:
- "2222:22"
environment:
S3_KEY: ${S3_KEY}
S3_SECRET: ${S3_SECRET}
S3_BUCKET: ${S3_BUCKET}
DB_CONNECTION: ${DB_CONNECTION}
MYSQL_HOST: ${MYSQL_HOST}
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
MYSQL_DATABASE: ${MYSQL_DATABASE}
MYSQL_USER: ${MYSQL_USER}
MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
MEDIA_LIBRARY_ENDPOINT_TYPE: ${MEDIA_LIBRARY_ENDPOINT_TYPE}
MEDIA_LIBRARY_IMAGE_SERVICE: ${MEDIA_LIBRARY_IMAGE_SERVICE}
tty: true
php-fpm:
build:
context: ./php-fpm
depends_on:
- nodejs
volumes:
- api:/var/www/api
- ./certs:/certs
environment:
S3_KEY: ${S3_KEY}
S3_SECRET: ${S3_SECRET}
S3_BUCKET: ${S3_BUCKET}
DB_CONNECTION: ${DB_CONNECTION}
MYSQL_HOST: ${MYSQL_HOST}
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
MYSQL_DATABASE: ${MYSQL_DATABASE}
MYSQL_USER: ${MYSQL_USER}
MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
MEDIA_LIBRARY_ENDPOINT_TYPE: ${MEDIA_LIBRARY_ENDPOINT_TYPE}
MEDIA_LIBRARY_IMAGE_SERVICE: ${MEDIA_LIBRARY_IMAGE_SERVICE}
nodejs:
build:
context: ./nodejs
args:
NODEJS_SITE_PATH: ${NODEJS_SITE_PATH}
NODEJS_VER: ${NODEJS_VER}
volumes:
- site:${NODEJS_SITE_PATH}
- ./certs:/certs
environment:
NODEJS_ENV: ${NODEJS_ENV}
ports:
- 3000:3000
- 3001:3001
nginx:
build:
context: nginx
depends_on:
- php-fpm
- mariadb
restart: always
volumes:
- api:/var/www/api
- site:/var/www/site
- ./nginx/global:/etc/nginx/global
- ./nginx/sites:/etc/nginx/sites-available
- ./nginx/logs:/var/log/nginx
- ./certs:/certs
ports:
- 80:80
- 443:443
mariadb:
image: mariadb
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
MYSQL_DATABASE: ${MYSQL_DATABASE}
MYSQL_USER: ${MYSQL_USER}
MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
volumes:
- db:/var/lib/mysql
phpmyadmin:
image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
depends_on:
- mariadb
restart: always
environment:
PMA_HOST: ${MYSQL_HOST}
PMA_USER: root
PMA_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
UPLOAD_LIMIT: 2048M
volumes:
phpmyadmin:
db:
site:
external: true
api:
external: true