# AxiosError: “Network Error” (ERR_NETWORK)
> AxiosError: Network Error with no status code. Check CORS, HTTPS mixed content, the API URL, and localhost on phones, then read error.request.
Canonical: https://app369.com/fix/axios-network-error/
Last updated: 2026-11-08
A request made with Axios fails with AxiosError: Network Error and code ERR_NETWORK, and error.response is undefined, so there is no status code to go on. The request left your code, but no readable response came back. The browser or the device blocked it or could not reach the server.
**Short answer**
Open the browser’s Network tab and console: a CORS message there means the API must send Access-Control-Allow-Origin for your site. If your page is on HTTPS and the API URL starts with http://, the browser blocks it as mixed content: use HTTPS for the API. On a phone or emulator, localhost is the device itself, so use your computer’s LAN address (or 10.0.2.2 on the Android emulator) and allow cleartext only for development. Also check the API URL and that the server is running and reachable.
## **Why there is no response, and the fix**
1. 01 ### **CORS blocked the response**
> “The request was made but no response was received” [**Axios, Handling errors**](https://axios-http.com/docs/handling_errors) The most common cause in the browser. The server answered, but without the CORS headers for your origin, so the browser hides the response and Axios only sees a network error. The console shows the real CORS message. Fix it on the server, not in the Axios call.```
// Express API
import cors from 'cors';
app.use(cors({ origin: ['https://app.example.com'] }));
```
2. 02 ### **An http:// API from an https:// page**
> “Mixed content requests are insecure requests for resources from a secure context” [**MDN, Mixed content: examples**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Defenses/Mixed_content) A site served over HTTPS cannot call an http:// API: browsers block it as mixed content. It works locally, because browsers treat http://localhost as secure, and fails once deployed. Put the API behind HTTPS and update the base URL.```
const api = axios.create({
baseURL: 'https://api.example.com', // not http://
});
```
3. 03 ### **localhost from a phone, emulator or container** In React Native, Expo or Docker, localhost means the device or container itself, not your computer. Use your computer’s LAN IP address, 10.0.2.2 on the Android emulator, or the service name in Docker Compose. Android blocks plain http:// by default and iOS App Transport Security does too, so use HTTPS or allow cleartext for development builds only.```
// Android emulator
const api = axios.create({ baseURL: 'http://10.0.2.2:3000' });
```
4. 04 ### **Tell network errors apart from HTTP errors** When the server answers with 4xx or 5xx, Axios fills error.response. Only when there is no response at all do you get Network Error. Log both cases separately so the next failure points at the right cause.```
try {
await api.get('/me');
} catch (err) {
if (err.response) console.error('HTTP', err.response.status, err.response.data);
else if (err.request) console.error('No response:', err.code, err.config?.url);
else console.error('Setup error:', err.message);
}
```
Checked against the vendor’s docs on November 8, 2026: [Axios docs: Handling errors](https://axios-http.com/docs/handling_errors); [MDN: Mixed content](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Defenses/Mixed_content).
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Related: [**“Blocked by CORS policy”**](https://app369.com/fix/blocked-by-cors-policy/) · [**“TypeError: Failed to fetch”**](https://app369.com/fix/typeerror-failed-to-fetch/) · [**ECONNREFUSED: connection refused**](https://app369.com/fix/econnrefused-connection-refused/)
Questions
## **More on this error**
**Why does it work in Postman but not in the browser? **+
Postman does not enforce CORS or mixed-content rules; browsers do. If a request works in Postman and fails with Network Error in the browser, look at CORS headers and http versus https first.
**Can I fix CORS from the Axios side? **+
No. Headers such as Access-Control-Allow-Origin must come from the server. Adding them to the request does nothing, and it can trigger an extra preflight request.
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