From 8960e40db43e791507b9515c8e8c341041821185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amer Agovic <amer.agovic@reliancy.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 17:56:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Support desktop API base URL override

---
 src/platform/api.js | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/platform/env.js | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/platform/api.js b/src/platform/api.js
index a6befe6..6275be9 100644
--- a/src/platform/api.js
+++ b/src/platform/api.js
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ class APIClient {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resolve an endpoint against the configured API base URL
+   * @param {string} endpoint
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  resolveURL(endpoint = '') {
+    return `${this.baseURL}${endpoint}`;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replace the configured API base URL for future requests.
+   * @param {string} baseURL
+   */
+  setBaseURL(baseURL = '/api') {
+    this.baseURL = baseURL || '/api';
+  }
+
   /**
    * Make API request
    * @param {string} endpoint
@@ -59,7 +76,7 @@ class APIClient {
    * @returns {Promise<Response>}
    */
   async request(endpoint, options = {}) {
-    const url = `${this.baseURL}${endpoint}`;
+    const url = this.resolveURL(endpoint);
     const config = this._applyRequestInterceptors({
       ...options,
       headers: {
diff --git a/src/platform/env.js b/src/platform/env.js
index e876eaf..187e0f3 100644
--- a/src/platform/env.js
+++ b/src/platform/env.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { getProvider } from './storage.js';
+import { api as apiClient } from './api.js';
 
 // Private storage instance for config
 const storage = getProvider('kv', 'config');
@@ -119,12 +120,31 @@ function resolveDevHostFlag(appConfig) {
   return false;
 }
 
+function resolveDesktopApiBaseURL() {
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const bridgeBase = window.__bfaceDesktop?.apiBaseUrl;
+  if (typeof bridgeBase === 'string' && bridgeBase.trim()) {
+    return bridgeBase.trim();
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialize environment config
  * @param {Object} appConfig - Configuration from profile
  */
 export function initEnv(appConfig) {
   const api = appConfig.api || {};
+  const resolvedApiBaseURL =
+    resolveDesktopApiBaseURL()
+    || appConfig.backend?.base_url
+    || api.base_url
+    || api.baseURL
+    || '/api';
   config = {
     APP_NAME: appConfig.id || appConfig.name,
     APP_DISPLAY_NAME: appConfig.displayName || appConfig.short_name || appConfig.name,
@@ -133,7 +153,7 @@ export function initEnv(appConfig) {
     THEME_COLOR: appConfig.theme_color || appConfig.themeColor || '#000000',
     UI_SHELL: appConfig.ui_shell || appConfig.uiShell || 'EmptyShell',
     STORAGE_BACKEND: appConfig.storage?.backend || 'localStorage',
-    API_BASE_URL: api.base_url || api.baseURL || '/api',
+    API_BASE_URL: resolvedApiBaseURL,
     MODULES: appConfig.modules || [],
     SECURITY_CONFIG: appConfig.security || {},
     LOCALE: appConfig.locale || null,
@@ -141,6 +161,7 @@ export function initEnv(appConfig) {
     // Store full profile for advanced access
     _profile: appConfig
   };
+  apiClient.setBaseURL(resolvedApiBaseURL);
 }
 
 function resolveSystemLocale() {
@@ -484,4 +505,3 @@ export function isProduction() {
   }
   return !isDevelopment();
 }
-