Using more pydantic features in the backend and fixing env issues on the website

website/.env

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5433/oasst_web
 FASTAPI_URL=http://localhost:8080
 FASTAPI_KEY=1234
 
+# Used to expose the backend url to the clientside javascript
+NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL=$FASTAPI_URL
+
 # A dev Auth Secret.  Can be exposed if we never use this publicly.
 NEXTAUTH_SECRET=O/M2uIbGj+lDD2oyNa8ax4jEOJqCPJzO53UbWShmq98=
 

website/src/pages/dashboard.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import useSWR from "swr";
 
 const Dashboard = () => {
   // Adding a demonstrative call to the backend that includes the web's JWT.
-  useSWR(`${process.env.FASTAPI_URL}/api/v1/auth/check`, get);
+  useSWR(`${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL}/api/v1/auth/check`, get);
 
   const {
     t,