Use the webpack dev server proxy for requests

web/next.config.js

@@ -2,4 +2,12 @@ const withLess = require('next-with-less');
 
 module.exports = withLess({
   trailingSlash: true,
+  async rewrites() {
+    return [
+      {
+        source: '/api/:path*',
+        destination: 'http://localhost:8080/api/:path*', // Proxy to Backend to work around CORS.
+      },
+    ];
+  },
 });