Elm http request returns NetworkError for successful requests

Question

I have a lot of experience building web applications using React, but you want to learn Elm. For several days now, I have been banging my head about an HTTP request error.

I am running an Elm application on localhost: 8080 and my supporting API on localhost: 8081. Whenever I make an HTTP request (I tried both GET and POST requests), I get NetworkError. I was looking for Elm JSON decoders and think this is a problem when I exist, but I tried sending simple strings from my server and using Decode.string decoder in my Elm application, and I still get NetworkError.

Here is what my code currently looks like:

Commands.elm

module Commands exposing (..)

import Models exposing (..)
import Msg exposing (..)
import Http
import Json.Decode as Decode
import Json.Encode as Encode


createTempUser : Model -> Cmd Msg
createTempUser model =
  let
    tempUserBody =
      [ ( "firstname", Encode.string model.firstname )
      , ( "lastname", Encode.string model.lastname )
      , ( "phone", Encode.string model.phone )
      ]
        |> Encode.object
        |> Http.jsonBody

    url =
      myAPIUrl ++ "/endpoint"

    contentType = Http.header "Content-type" "text/plain"

    post =
      Http.request
        { method = "POST"
        , headers =  [contentType]
        , url = url
        , body = tempUserBody
        , expect = Http.expectJson decodeApiResponse
        , timeout = Nothing
        , withCredentials = False
        }

  in
    Http.send Msg.TempUserCreated post


decodeApiResponse : Decode.Decoder ApiResponse
decodeApiResponse =
  Decode.map4 ApiResponse
    (Decode.at ["status"] Decode.int)
    (Decode.at ["message"] Decode.string)
    (Decode.at ["created"] Decode.int)
    (Decode.at ["error"] Decode.string)


myAPIUrl : String
myAPIUrl = "http://localhost:8081"

Models.elm

module Models exposing (..)


type alias ApiResponse =
  { status: Int
  , message: String
  , created: Int
  , error: String
  }

Msg.elm

module Msg exposing (..)

import Navigation exposing (Location)
import Models exposing (..)
import Http


type Msg
  = ChangeLocation String
  | OnLocationChange Location
  | CreateTemporaryUser
  | TempUserCreated ( Result Http.Error ApiResponse )

Update.elm

module Update exposing (..)

import Msg exposing (Msg)
import Models exposing (..)
import Routing exposing (..)
import Commands exposing (..)
import Navigation

update : Msg -> Model -> (Model, Cmd Msg)
update msg model =
  case msg of
    Msg.ChangeLocation path ->
      ( { model | changes = model.changes + 1 }, Navigation.newUrl path )

    Msg.OnLocationChange location ->
      ( { model | error = "", route = parseLocation(location) }, Cmd.none )

    Msg.CreateTemporaryUser ->
      ( model, createTempUser model )

    Msg.TempUserCreated (Ok res) ->
       update (Msg.ChangeLocation signupCodePath) { model | httpResponse = toString(res) }

    Msg.TempUserCreated (Err err) ->
      ( { model | error = toString(err) }, Cmd.none )

Chrome Network malware shows the answer as

{"status":200,"message":"Successfully inserted temporary 
user","created":1518739596447,"error":""}

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Answer 1

@Sidney @SimonH,

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, CORS "Access-Control-Allow-Origin". 200 , Elm Http Result.

Thanks again for your time and thought!