docker setup

apps/website/lib/apiClient.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { ApiClient } from './api/index';
+import { getWebsiteApiBaseUrl } from './config/apiBaseUrl';
 
-const API_BASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:3001';
-
-export const apiClient = new ApiClient(API_BASE_URL);
+export const apiClient = new ApiClient(getWebsiteApiBaseUrl());

apps/website/lib/config/apiBaseUrl.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+function normalizeBaseUrl(raw: string): string {
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  return trimmed.endsWith('/') ? trimmed.slice(0, -1) : trimmed;
+}
+
+export function getWebsiteApiBaseUrl(): string {
+  const isBrowser = typeof window !== 'undefined';
+
+  const configured = isBrowser
+    ? process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL
+    : process.env.API_BASE_URL ?? process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL;
+
+  if (configured && configured.trim()) {
+    return normalizeBaseUrl(configured);
+  }
+
+  const isTestLike =
+    process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ||
+    process.env.CI === 'true' ||
+    process.env.DOCKER === 'true';
+
+  if (isTestLike) {
+    throw new Error(
+      isBrowser
+        ? 'Missing NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL. In Docker/CI/test we do not allow falling back to localhost.'
+        : 'Missing API_BASE_URL. In Docker/CI/test we do not allow falling back to localhost.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  const fallback =
+    process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+      ? 'http://localhost:3001'
+      : 'http://api:3000';
+
+  return normalizeBaseUrl(fallback);
+}

apps/website/lib/services/ServiceFactory.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { DashboardApiClient } from '../api/dashboard/DashboardApiClient';
 import { PolicyApiClient } from '../api/policy/PolicyApiClient';
 import { ProtestsApiClient } from '../api/protests/ProtestsApiClient';
 import { PenaltiesApiClient } from '../api/penalties/PenaltiesApiClient';
+import { getWebsiteApiBaseUrl } from '../config/apiBaseUrl';
 import { PenaltyService } from './penalties/PenaltyService';
 import { ConsoleErrorReporter } from '../infrastructure/logging/ConsoleErrorReporter';
 import { ConsoleLogger } from '../infrastructure/logging/ConsoleLogger';
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export class ServiceFactory {
 
   private static getDefaultInstance(): ServiceFactory {
     if (!this.defaultInstance) {
-      this.defaultInstance = new ServiceFactory(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:3001');
+      this.defaultInstance = new ServiceFactory(getWebsiteApiBaseUrl());
     }
     return this.defaultInstance;
   }

apps/website/lib/services/ServiceProvider.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { createContext, ReactNode, useContext, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { getWebsiteApiBaseUrl } from '../config/apiBaseUrl';
 import { ServiceFactory } from './ServiceFactory';
 
 // Import all service types
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ interface ServiceProviderProps {
 
 export function ServiceProvider({ children }: ServiceProviderProps) {
   const services = useMemo(() => {
-    const serviceFactory = new ServiceFactory(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:3001');
+    const serviceFactory = new ServiceFactory(getWebsiteApiBaseUrl());
 
     return {
       raceService: serviceFactory.createRaceService(),