Change the default base url for axios

Putting my two cents here. I wanted to do the same without hardcoding the URL for my specific request. So i came up with this solution.

To append 'api' to my baseURL, I have my default baseURL set as,

axios.defaults.baseURL = '/api/';

Then in my specific request, after explicitly setting the method and url, i set the baseURL to '/'

axios({
    method:'post',
    url:'logout',
    baseURL: '/',
   })
   .then(response => {
      window.location.reload();
   })
   .catch(error => {
       console.log(error);
   });

Instead of

this.$axios.get('items')

use

this.$axios({ url: 'items', baseURL: 'http://new-url.com' })

If you don't pass method: 'XXX' then by default, it will send via get method.

Request Config: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config

1. Create .env.development, .env.production files if not exists and add there your API endpoint, for example: VUE_APP_API_ENDPOINT ='http://localtest.me:8000'
2. In main.js file, add this line after imports: axios.defaults.baseURL = process.env.VUE_APP_API_ENDPOINT

And that's it. Axios default base Url is replaced with build mode specific API endpoint. If you need specific baseURL for specific request, do it like this:

this.$axios({ url: 'items', baseURL: 'http://new-url.com' })