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+/**
+ * Get API base URL from store
+ */
+import {
+  API_VERSION,
+} from '../environment';
+import {
+  LOCAL_SERVER,
+} from '../config';
+
+const apiBase = () => {
+  let url;
+
+  if (!window.ferdi
+    || !window.ferdi.stores.settings
+    || !window.ferdi.stores.settings.all
+    || !window.ferdi.stores.settings.all.app.server) {
+    // Stores have not yet been loaded - send invalid URL to force a retry when stores are loaded
+    //  "Why 1.1.1.1 as the default, invalid URL?"
+    //    1.1.1.1 is the server for Cloudflare's DNS service and will be the same across most networks.
+    //    Using a random IP could result in unwanted connections, using localhost could unwantedly
+    //    connect to local develoment servers.
+    //    1.1.1.1 also sends a status 400 response for invalid routes. Other servers may return status 401
+    //    on some routes. This would result in Ferdi deleting its current authToken as it thinks it
+    //    has gone invalid.
+    url = 'https://1.1.1.1';
+  } else if (window.ferdi.stores.settings.all.app.server === LOCAL_SERVER) {
+    // Use URL for local server
+    url = `http://127.0.0.1:${window.ferdi.stores.requests.localServerPort}`;
+  } else {
+    // Load URL from store
+    url = window.ferdi.stores.settings.all.app.server;
+  }
+
+  return `${url}/${API_VERSION}`;
+};
+
+export default apiBase;