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lib/settings/api_settings_provider.dart

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+// this provider is used to provide the Api settings to the app
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:riverpod_annotation/riverpod_annotation.dart';
+import 'package:whispering_pages/settings/models/api_settings.dart' as model;
+import 'package:whispering_pages/db/available_boxes.dart';
+
+part 'api_settings_provider.g.dart';
+
+final _box = AvailableHiveBoxes.apiSettingsBox;
+
+@riverpod
+class ApiSettings extends _$ApiSettings {
+  @override
+  model.ApiSettings build() {
+    state = readFromBoxOrCreate();
+    ref.listenSelf((_, __) {
+      writeToBox();
+    });
+    return state;
+  }
+
+  model.ApiSettings readFromBoxOrCreate() {
+    // see if the settings are already in the box
+    if (_box.isNotEmpty) {
+      final foundSettings = _box.getAt(0);
+      debugPrint('found api settings in box: $foundSettings');
+      return foundSettings;
+    } else {
+      // create a new settings object
+      const settings = model.ApiSettings();
+      debugPrint('created new api settings: $settings');
+      return settings;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // write the settings to the box
+  void writeToBox() {
+    _box.clear();
+    _box.add(state);
+    debugPrint('wrote api settings to box: $state');
+  }
+
+  void updateState(model.ApiSettings newSettings) {
+    state = newSettings;
+  }
+}