Handle similar location with different blocks - nginx

Question

I have a react app that I would like to show for a specific path. A similar path is used for the backend, though. This is a legacy app and other static files are shown using a different endpoint.
I'm not able to show the content appropriately. I'm either showing the old files, or I'm corrupting the similar path, or NGINX is appending infinity /index.html at the end of the path.
If it sounds confusing what I wrote, maybe the illustration below will help:
location / -> leave uwsgi to handle the requests
location /static/ -> serve static folder
location /request/ -> serve new react app
location /request_auth/ -> serve new react app
location /request_auth/token... -> leave uwsgi to handle the requests
This is what I have at the moment and it is not working!
server {
listen 80;
server_name myapp.com;
root /var/www/myapp/static/;
location / {
uwsgi_pass unix:///var/www/myapp/uwsgi/uwsgi.sock;
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_param HTTPS on;
}
# I think I can remove this block...
location ^~ /static/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/static/;
}
location ^~ /request/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/reactstatic/;
}
# from down here it is not working properly. I've tried using
# location =/request_auth/
# location /request_auth/
# and other variations in the other block as well. All unsuccessful
location ^~ /request_auth/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/reactstatic/;
}
location ~^/request_auth/[a-zA-Z0-9]+ {
uwsgi_pass unix:///var/www/myapp/uwsgi/uwsgi.sock;
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_param HTTPS on;
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
}
}

Answer 1

Turns out I was getting weird redirects. Also, my react app had a static folder and the second uwsgi was trying to handle that.
This is what I did and it's working, but I'm sure there is a better solution.
server {
listen 80;
server_name myapp.com;
root /var/www/myapp/static/;
location / {
uwsgi_pass unix:///var/www/myapp/uwsgi/uwsgi.sock;
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_param HTTPS on;
}
# I think I can remove this block...
location ^~ /static/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/static/;
}
location ^~ /request/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/reactstatic/;
}
location ^~ /request/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/reactstatic/static;
}
location ^~ /request_auth/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/reactstatic/;
}
location ^~ /request_auth/ {
alias /var/www/myapp/reactstatic/static;
}
location ~^/request_auth/[a-zA-Z0-9]+ {
uwsgi_pass unix:///var/www/myapp/uwsgi/uwsgi.sock;
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_param HTTPS on;
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
}
}