server {
        listen {port};
        listen {host:port};

        root {public dir};
        index index.html index.htm;

        server_name {domain name};

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
        location {/api/v1/} {
                proxy_pass {target path eg: www.whatever.com/api/};
        }
}