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[fudgemasterultra]

Environment Configuration and API Setup

What Changed

• Created .env.example file as a template for environment configuration
• Added .env to .gitignore to prevent committing configuration
• Added a Makefile command to automatically copy .env.example to .env
• Modified the apiCall function to use environment variables with a fallback URL

Why This Change

• Improves developer onboarding by providing a clear template for environment setup
• Simplifies local development setup with an automated environment configuration command
• Provides resilience with a fallback API URL when environment variables aren't set
• Makes the application more maintainable across different environments

Technical Details

• Added cp .env.example .env command to Makefile for easy environment setup
• API endpoint configuration now follows: process.env.REACT_APP_POLICYENGINE_API || "https://api.policyengine.org"
• .env file is ignored in version control

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[anth-volk]

question: Would it be more advantageous to set the POLICYENGINE_API constant as either the env var or standard address, then use that constant in the fetch method?

This would enable other components, as needed, to import the constant

[anth-volk]

Thanks for your work on this @fudgemasterultra. Apologies for the delay in review, I was unavailable last week for work-related reasons.

I left one comment. Would you mind following our README guide to creating a PR (including adding a "Fixes #ISSUE" line) and addressing my one comment? Otherwise, this will be really valuable to have.