Re-working the API library functions and files

src/lib/api_patch_object.ts

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+import axios from 'axios';
+
+// Updated 2024-05-23
+export let patch_object = async function patch_object(
+    {
+        api_cfg=null,
+        endpoint='',
+        params={},
+        data={},
+        return_meta=false,
+        log_lvl=0
+    } : {
+        api_cfg: any,
+        endpoint: string,
+        params?: any,
+        data?: any,
+        return_meta?: boolean,
+        log_lvl?: number
+    }
+) {
+console.log('*** patch_object() ***');
+
+if (log_lvl) {
+    // console.log(api_cfg);
+    console.log(endpoint);
+    console.log(params);
+    if (log_lvl > 1) {
+        console.log(data);
+    }
+    // console.log(return_meta);
+    // console.log(as_list);
+}
+
+let axios_api = axios.create({
+    baseURL: api_cfg['base_url'],
+    /* other custom settings */
+});
+axios_api.defaults.headers = api_cfg['headers'];
+
+let response_data = await axios_api.patch(endpoint, data, { params: params })
+.then(function (response) {
+    console.log(response.data);
+    return response.data['data'];
+    //return response.data;
+})
+.catch(function (error) {
+    if (error.response && error.response.status === 404) {
+        return null; // Returning null since there were no results
+    }
+    console.log(error);
+    return false; // Returning false since something may have gone wrong. Also more in line with what the API returns.
+    // return error;
+});
+
+if (log_lvl > 1) {
+    console.log(response_data);
+}
+return response_data;
+}
+