refactor: resolving PR commets

This refactor includes a change that adds a conditional arg to the ExternalApi get() method to
override the base url. This method was pre-existing and already used in the calls and method.

#943

server/api/externalapi.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class ExternalAPI {
     endpoint: string,
     params?: Record<string, string>,
     ttl?: number,
-    config?: RequestInit
+    config?: RequestInit,
+    overwriteBaseUrl?: string
   ): Promise<T> {
     const cacheKey = this.serializeCacheKey(endpoint, {
       ...this.params,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class ExternalAPI {
       return cachedItem;
     }
 
-    const url = this.formatUrl(endpoint, params);
+    const url = this.formatUrl(endpoint, params, overwriteBaseUrl);
     const response = await this.fetch(url, {
       ...config,
       headers: {