How to deploy nodejs, angularjs and apache

I am currently working on the seed project

I want to use

nodejs

like api server

listening on a port 5001

,

express

as a basic structure,

angularjs

as a front-end framework,

and apache

how static file server

(like many .js files that require angular) listening on port5000

In angular I have below config

app.config(['$locationProvider', function ($locationProvider) {
    $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
    $locationProvider.hashPrefix('!');
}]);

      

        
        
        
      

    

As for apache, I add the following config to /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Listen 5000

<VirtualHost *:5000>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/seed/public
    <Directory /var/www/seed/public >
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

      

        
        
        
      

    

I also add the /public/.htaccess

file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    # support angular
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*) /#!/$1 
</IfModule>

      

        
        
        
      

    

Current rewrite rule for angular because it needs a hash band when the user refreshes the page

Now I dont know how to redirect api request with url starting with /api

to port5001

Can it be done with a file .htaccess

?

And is there a better way to collaborate with nodejs, angularjs and apache?

I couldn't find any tutorial about this combination ...

Thanks for reading or answering my question.