Add proxy configuration for API requests to local server

backend/.gitignore

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+/.venv/

src/proxy.conf.json

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+{
+    "/api": {
+        "target": "http://localhost:8000",
+        "secure": false,
+        "changeOrigin": true,
+        "logLevel": "warn"
+    }
+}