diff --git a/src/app/api-utils.ts b/src/app/api-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44432b967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export const deviceID = (): String => {
+    const dID: String = globalThis.metadata['deviceID'];
+    return dID.substring(0, 5)
+}
+
+export const apiURL: String = 'http://127.0.0.1:8384/'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 91ad36bb9..392e5df9d 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ import { FolderListComponent } from './folder-list/folder-list.component';
 import { DeviceListComponent } from './device-list/device-list.component';
 import { StatusToggleComponent } from './status-toggle/status-toggle.component';
 import { DeviceListDataSource } from './device-list/device-list-datasource';
+import { deviceID } from './api-utils';
 
-const deviceID = (): String => {
-  const dID: String = globalThis.metadata['deviceID'];
-  return dID.substring(0, 5)
-}
 
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [