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frontend/next.config.ts

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+import type { NextConfig } from "next";
+
+const DJANGO_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL ?? "http://localhost:8000";
+
+const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
+  // Proxy /backend/* requests to the Django API so the frontend never
+  // exposes the backend origin to the browser (avoids CORS in production).
+  async rewrites() {
+    return [
+      {
+        source: "/backend/:path*",
+        destination: `${DJANGO_URL}/:path*`,
+      },
+    ];
+  },
+};
+
+export default nextConfig;