[Bug] Signup/Login requests fail due to undefined API base URL

[Kannu20]

Bug Description

The signup and login flow fails because API requests are being sent to an invalid URL:

undefined/api/auth/signup

This results in 404 errors and prevents account creation/login.

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Steps To Reproduce

1. Open the signup page
2. Enter valid credentials
3. Click "Create Account"
4. Observe failure message
5. Check browser console

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Actual Behavior

Requests are sent to:

undefined/api/auth/signup

and fail with 404.

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Expected Behavior

Requests should use a valid API base URL and successfully reach the authentication endpoint.

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Console Evidence

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404
undefined/api/auth/signup

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Possible Cause

The frontend API base URL environment variable may be undefined or missing a fallback value during deployment.

Potential areas to inspect:

• API URL environment configuration
• Auth request utility
• Deployment environment variables

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Screenshots

(attach console screenshot)

[Abhra0404]

/assign gssoc

[Abhra0404]

Hi @mehul-m-prajapati , I'd like to work on this under GSSoC'26. I notice it's currently assigned to @Kannu20 — if it's still open for contributors, could you please reassign it to me?

Plan:

• Locate the API base URL config (likely a Vite/CRA env var like VITE_API_BASE_URL / REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL) and the auth request utility that constructs ${BASE}/api/auth/signup.
• Add a guarded fallback so the request never resolves to undefined/... (throw a clear dev error if the env var is missing, and document the required variable in .env.example / README).
• Verify signup and login flow locally with the env var set, and confirm the console error no longer appears.
• Cross-check the deployment env config notes so production has the variable too.

I'll keep the change small and reference this issue in the PR. Thanks!

[Kannu20]

Hi @mehul-m-prajapati , I'd like to work on this under GSSoC'26. I notice it's currently assigned to @Kannu20 — if it's still open for contributors, could you please reassign it to me?

Plan:

• Locate the API base URL config (likely a Vite/CRA env var like VITE_API_BASE_URL / REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL) and the auth request utility that constructs ${BASE}/api/auth/signup.
• Add a guarded fallback so the request never resolves to undefined/... (throw a clear dev error if the env var is missing, and document the required variable in .env.example / README).
• Verify signup and login flow locally with the env var set, and confirm the console error no longer appears.
• Cross-check the deployment env config notes so production has the variable too.

I'll keep the change small and reference this issue in the PR. Thanks!

Sorry bro but i already fixed it

[mehul-m-prajapati]

Hi @mehul-m-prajapati , I'd like to work on this under GSSoC'26. I notice it's currently assigned to @Kannu20 — if it's still open for contributors, could you please reassign it to me?

Plan:

• Locate the API base URL config (likely a Vite/CRA env var like VITE_API_BASE_URL / REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL) and the auth request utility that constructs ${BASE}/api/auth/signup.
• Add a guarded fallback so the request never resolves to undefined/... (throw a clear dev error if the env var is missing, and document the required variable in .env.example / README).
• Verify signup and login flow locally with the env var set, and confirm the console error no longer appears.
• Cross-check the deployment env config notes so production has the variable too.

I'll keep the change small and reference this issue in the PR. Thanks!

@Abhra0404 : issues are auto assign to the person who opened it