fix: --api-devserver-url not working if --api-location not set (#523, #579)

Author: sinedied

src/cli/commands/start.ts

@@ -35,8 +35,12 @@ export default function registerCommand(program: Command) {
     .option("-a, --app-location <path>", "the folder containing the source code of the front-end application", DEFAULT_CONFIG.appLocation)
     .option("-i, --api-location <path>", "the folder containing the source code of the API application", DEFAULT_CONFIG.apiLocation)
     .option("-O, --output-location <path>", "the folder containing the built source of the front-end application", DEFAULT_CONFIG.outputLocation)
-    .option("-D, --app-devserver-url <url>", "connect to the app dev server at this URL instead of using output location", DEFAULT_CONFIG.appDevserverUrl)
-    .option("-is, --api-devserver-url <url>", "connect to the api server at this URL instead of using output location", DEFAULT_CONFIG.apiDevserverUrl)
+    .option(
+      "-D, --app-devserver-url <url>",
+      "connect to the app dev server at this URL instead of using output location",
+      DEFAULT_CONFIG.appDevserverUrl
+    )
+    .option("-is, --api-devserver-url <url>", "connect to the api server at this URL instead of using api location", DEFAULT_CONFIG.apiDevserverUrl)
     .option<number>("-j, --api-port <apiPort>", "the API server port passed to `func start`", parsePort, DEFAULT_CONFIG.apiPort)
     .option("-q, --host <host>", "the host address to use for the CLI dev server", DEFAULT_CONFIG.host)
     .option<number>("-p, --port <port>", "the port value to use for the CLI dev server", parsePort, DEFAULT_CONFIG.port)
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ Use a custom command to run framework development server at startup
 swa start http://localhost:3000 --run-build "npm start"
 
 Connect both front-end and the API to running development server
-swa start http://localhost:3000 --api-location http://localhost:7071
+swa start http://localhost:3000 --api-devserver-url http://localhost:7071
   `
     );
 }
@@ -183,17 +187,16 @@ export async function start(options: SWACLIConfig) {
     logger.silly(`  ${outputLocation}`);
   }
 
-  if (apiLocation) {
+  if (apiDevserverUrl) {
+    // TODO: properly refactor this after GA to send apiDevserverUrl to the server
+    useApiDevServer = apiDevserverUrl;
+    apiLocation = apiDevserverUrl;
+  } else if (apiLocation) {
     // resolves to the absolute path of the apiLocation
     let resolvedApiLocation = path.resolve(apiLocation);
 
-    if (apiDevserverUrl) {
-      // TODO: properly refactor this after GA to send apiDevserverUrl to the server
-      useApiDevServer = apiDevserverUrl;
-      apiLocation = apiDevserverUrl;
-    }
     // make sure api folder exists
-    else if (fs.existsSync(resolvedApiLocation)) {
+    if (fs.existsSync(resolvedApiLocation)) {
       apiLocation = resolvedApiLocation;
     } else {
       logger.info(`Skipping API because folder "${resolvedApiLocation}" is missing`, "swa");