From 1049a4d8686be71c637b0f012db3bb92d84701a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hunteraraujo <hunter_araujo@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2023 17:42:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add ApiSettingsViewModel for managing API base URL

Created a new ViewModel called ApiSettingsViewModel that is responsible for getting and setting the API's base URL. Utilized the shared_preferences package for persistent storage of the base URL.
---
 lib/viewmodels/api_settings_viewmodel.dart | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/viewmodels/api_settings_viewmodel.dart

diff --git a/lib/viewmodels/api_settings_viewmodel.dart b/lib/viewmodels/api_settings_viewmodel.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b55adff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/viewmodels/api_settings_viewmodel.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
+
+class ApiSettingsViewModel with ChangeNotifier {
+  String _baseURL = "http://127.0.0.1:8000";
+  SharedPreferences? _prefs;
+
+  ApiSettingsViewModel() {
+    _loadBaseURL();
+  }
+
+  String get baseURL => _baseURL;
+
+  void _loadBaseURL() async {
+    _prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+    _baseURL = _prefs?.getString('baseURL') ?? _baseURL;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
+  void updateBaseURL(String newURL) async {
+    _baseURL = newURL;
+    _prefs ??= await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+    _prefs?.setString('baseURL', newURL);
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+}