Connect to Node.js Express from iPad

I am developing an Ionic application for iPad. The app is supposed to connect to Express running on Mac.

I have connected the iPad with this Mac using a usb cable. Now, in order to check that I can access node server from iPad, I am doing the following in Chrome on iPad

http://<mac ip>:<node server port>

How, this returns a page not found. The same url works when I run it directly on the Mac.

Given the Mac and iPad are connected by the usb, how can I access node server running on mac from iPad? I was hoping that something like http://127.0.0.1:3000 would work, but that is not the case. Even giving the IP of Mac does not work.
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Dave BaldwinConnect With a Mentor Fixer of ProblemsCommented:
First, connecting by 'http' means going over the network.  And unless your USB is your network, that isn't going to work.  Both the iPad and the Mac need to be on your network to make this connection.

And http://127.0.0.1:3000 will Only connect to the computer or device that it is on because that is the 'localhost' IP.
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