[ ] Address comments on code and resolve requested changes
[ ] Merge own code
Description
Issue: The format of the base api url caused the reference to be malformed. It would append the api domain to the frontend domain. This updates the api url format to indicate that is a standalone url
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Description
Issue: The format of the base api url caused the reference to be malformed. It would append the api domain to the frontend domain. This updates the api url format to indicate that is a standalone url