Timeout when registering to server api nginx

.I have 4 containers: client/server/nginx/mongo
My app is working however when I am trying to do a post to: let url = ‘http://myserver:3000/api/register’ from the client to the server, I am getting a timeout.
from within the client container I can ping upstream client.
When I do docker port on these containers I am getting no ports, however like mentioned, I can see my app which works on port 4200.

What could be the reason for the timeout, how do I know if the port forward is working. I spent days trying to figure this out, I really feel I am making a little mistake somewhere…

  upstream my-server {
   server myserver:3000;
   }

 upstream client {
      server client:4200;
   }

  server {

location / {

    proxy_pass http://client;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
}

location /api/ {
   proxy_pass http://my-server;
   proxy_http_version 1.1;
   proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
   proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
   proxy_set_header Host $host;
   proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
   proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
}        
}

     version: '3'

     services:

      nginx:
     build: ./nginx
    # Map Nginx port 80 to the local machine's port 80
      ports:
       - "80:80"
     depends_on: 
    - client
    - myserver

      # Build the container using the client Dockerfile
     client:
      build: ./
      # This line maps the contents of the client folder into the container.
       volumes:
       - ./:/usr/src/app

      myserver:
     build: ./express-server
   volumes:
     - ./express-server:/usr/src/server
   depends_on:
    - mongo

 # Link the client container so that Nginx will have access to it
mongo:
  environment:
    - AUTH=yes
    - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=superAdmin
    - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=admin123
  
  image: mongo
  volumes:
    - /var/mongodata/data:/data/db

   


   #  Create a new image from the base nodejs 7 image.
  FROM node:8.1.4-alpine as builder
  # Create the target directory in the imahge
  RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
 # Set the created directory as the working directory
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
  # Copy the package.json inside the working directory
   COPY package.json /usr/src/app
 # Install required dependencies
 RUN npm install
 # Copy the client application source files. You can use .dockerignore to exlcude files. 
  Works just     as .gitignore does.
  COPY . /usr/src/app
 # Open port 4200. This is the port that our development server uses
 EXPOSE 4200

 # Start the application. This is the same as running ng serve.
CMD ["npm", "start"]