Docker, cant make axios requests from a server within a docker container - docker

Question

I have the following simple server in express, with the following docker file
axiostest.mjs
import axios from "axios"
import express from "express"
const app = express();
app.get("/", (request, response) => {
axios.get(`http://localhost:8888/admin_issues`).then(res => {
console.log(res.data);
response.send(res.data)
}).catch(err => {
console.log("ERRRROR")
console.log(err);
response.send(err)
})
});
app.listen(1112, () => {
console.log("Listen on the port 1112...");
});
DockerFile
FROM node:16
# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# Install app dependencies
# A wildcard is used to ensure both package.json AND package-lock.json are copied
# where available (npm#5+)
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
# If you are building your code for production
# RUN npm ci --only=production
# Bundle app source
COPY . .
EXPOSE 1112
CMD [ "node", "axiostest.mjs" ]
If I run the server normally with
node axiostest.mjs, and then I do a postman call to localhost:1112
It works just fine
But If I build the docker container
docker build . -t me/express-test
and then i run it
docker run -p 49160:1112 -d me/express-test
If i do a postman call to localhost:49160
It says
"message": "connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8888"
Because axios is failing to connect to 127.0.0.1:8888
How can I fix this?