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The baseURL in axios refers to the base URL for all requests. When making a request, the baseURL will automatically be concatenated with the request URL to form the final URL. This simplifies writing requests and improves code maintainability, especially when multiple requests need to access the same interface. Just set the baseURL once, and subsequent requests only need to pass in the relative path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The baseURL in axios refers to the base URL for all requests. When making a request, the baseURL will automatically be concatenated with the request URL to form the final URL. This simplifies writing requests and improves code maintainability, especially when multiple requests need to access the same interface. 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