400 bad request error code example

Example 1: error: request failed with status code 400

You should add a catch to the get call:

import axios from 'axios';
import config from './config';

axios.get('${config.serverUrl/api/contests')
  .then(resp=>{
    console.log(resp.data);
  })  
  .catch(error=>{

  });

Example 2: html error 400

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