Fixes .env issues and creates a safety net while building

check-env.js

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
+dotenv.config();
+
+if (!process.env.REACT_APP_BASE_URL) {
+  console.error('Error: REACT_APP_BASE_URL is not defined. Build failed...');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+console.log('REACT_APP_BASE_URL found ' + process.env.REACT_APP_BASE_URL);

package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-scripts start",
-    "build": "react-scripts build",
+    "build": "node check-env.js && react-scripts build",
     "test": "jest",
     "test:unit": "jest --config=jest.config.js --runTestsByPath \"**/*.unit.test.tsx\"",
     "test:integration": "jest --config=jest.config.js --runTestsByPath \"**/*.integration.test.tsx\"",

src/services/authService.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { getMyProfile } from './profileService';
-import { getBaseUrl } from '../config';
 
 const TEST_BASE_URL = 'https://wildlifenl-uu-michi011.apps.cl01.cp.its.uu.nl';
 const BASE_URL = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
   ? TEST_BASE_URL
-  : getBaseUrl();
+  : process.env.REACT_APP_BASE_URL;
 
 const API_URL = `${BASE_URL}/auth/`;
 

src/services/experimentService.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { Experiment, UpdateExperiment } from '../types/experiment';
-import { getBaseUrl } from '../config';
 
 const TEST_BASE_URL = 'https://wildlifenl-uu-michi011.apps.cl01.cp.its.uu.nl';
 const BASE_URL = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
   ? TEST_BASE_URL
-  : getBaseUrl();
+  : process.env.REACT_APP_BASE_URL;
 
 const EXPERIMENT_API_URL = `${BASE_URL}/experiment/`;
 const EXPERIMENTS_API_URL = `${BASE_URL}/experiments/`;

src/services/livingLabService.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { LivingLab } from '../types/livinglab';
-import { getBaseUrl } from '../config';
 
 const TEST_BASE_URL = 'https://wildlifenl-uu-michi011.apps.cl01.cp.its.uu.nl';
 const BASE_URL = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
   ? TEST_BASE_URL
-  : getBaseUrl();
+  : process.env.REACT_APP_BASE_URL;
 
 
 const API_URL = `${BASE_URL}/livinglabs`;