📏 Convention: What is the correct pattern for making HTTP calls to backend...

Date: 2026-01-28
Time: 16:53:59 UTC
Session: editor2-72.81
Agent: backend
Confidence: 100%
Status: ✅ Documented

📋 Decision Context

Question:

What is the correct pattern for making HTTP calls to backend APIs in Angular services?

Task: Not specified

🎯 Decision Made

Chosen:

Inject API tokens from @libs-foundational/api-config. Pattern: 1) Import token: import { API_BASE_URL } from '@libs-foundational/api-config', 2) Inject in service: private readonly baseUrl = inject(API_BASE_URL), 3) Use in HTTP calls: this.http.get(${this.baseUrl}/endpoint). For AI API use AI_API_URL, for Docs API use DOCS_API_URL.

Options Considered:

1. Use hardcoded relative URLs like /api/endpoint
2. Use environment.backendApiUrl directly
3. Inject API tokens from @libs-foundational/api-config

💭 Reasoning

Hardcoded /api URLs break in production because they resolve to the frontend domain (app.gograb.space/api) instead of the API domain (api.gograb.space/api). The tokens automatically use localhost in dev and production URLs when deployed. This was a critical bug fixed in Session 72.

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🔗 Related

• Decision ID: dev_1769619235871_2ytwkhy
• Session: 72
• Workspace: editor2

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