Can't connect to local server

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My question: I can’t connect to local host. What am I doing wrong?

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GET http://localhost/5000

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80

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User-Agent: PostmanRuntime/7.29.0

Accept: /

Cache-Control: no-cache

Postman-Token: c775fabc-78b4-43db-8000-7943a5a530be

Host: localhost

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br

Connection: keep-alive

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Hi @stylesp23

Is 5000 your port number? … If it is I believe that the / should be a :
example; http://localhost:5000/
(your error looks like your call is defaulting to port 80)