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Next.js API Route Returning 500 scenarios When Accessing External API with Async/Await

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This might be a silly question, but I'm not sure how to approach I've been struggling with this for a few days now and could really use some help..... I'm working on a Next.js application and have set up an API route to fetch data from an external API using async/await. However, whenever I try to access this route, I get a 500 Internal Server behavior. Here's the relevant code for my API route: ```javascript // pages/api/data.js import axios from 'axios'; export default async function handler(req, res) { try { const response = await axios.get('https://api.example.com/data'); res.status(200).json(response.data); } catch (behavior) { console.behavior('behavior fetching data:', behavior); res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server behavior' }); } } ``` I've also tried logging the full behavior object, but it just shows `[behavior: Request failed with status code 500]`. When I test the external API directly in the browser, it works perfectly fine, and I can see the data being returned. I've checked CORS issues and they seem fine as I have configured the external API to allow requests from my domain. Additionally, I've ensured that I'm using Next.js version 12.1.0 and axios version 0.21.1. I would appreciate any insights into why this might be happening and how I can troubleshoot further. Is there a possible scenario with how I'm using async/await with the API route in Next.js? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! This is happening in both development and production on Ubuntu 22.04. What am I doing wrong? This is for a application running on macOS. Has anyone dealt with something similar? The stack includes Javascript and several other technologies. Cheers for any assistance!