From 052dfdceb0ac48331c92375964fda16fad3052d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dcs-soni <52232900+dcs-soni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:10:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: prioritize VITE_API_URL environment variable for API
 base URL

---
 apps/web/src/shared/utils/api.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/shared/utils/api.ts b/apps/web/src/shared/utils/api.ts
index 22e3157..cc4632d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/shared/utils/api.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/shared/utils/api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const API_BASE_URL =
-  import.meta.env.MODE === "production"
-    ? "/api/v1" // Relative URL - nginx will proxy to backend
-    : import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL || "http://localhost:3002/api/v1";
+  import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL || // Check env var first (for Vercel, etc)
+  (import.meta.env.MODE === "production"
+    ? "/api/v1" // Relative URL - nginx will proxy to backend (EC2)
+    : "http://localhost:3002/api/v1");
 
 export interface ApiError {
   error: string;