fix login on self-hosted setup

src/commands/login.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { saveCredentials, getConfigDirectoryPath } from '../utils/credentials';
-import { updateConfig } from '../utils/config';
+import { updateConfig, getApiKey } from '../utils/config';
 import {
   browserLogin,
   manualLogin,
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ export async function handleLoginCommand(
     return;
   }
 
+  // If only a custom --api-url is provided (no --api-key), persist the new URL
+  // alongside the existing API key rather than starting an interactive login flow.
+  if (isCustomUrl && !options.apiKey && !options.method) {
+    const existingApiKey = getApiKey();
+    try {
+      saveCredentials({
+        apiKey: existingApiKey,
+        apiUrl: apiUrl,
+      });
+      updateConfig({ apiKey: existingApiKey, apiUrl });
+      console.log('✓ API URL updated successfully!');
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(
+        'Error saving credentials:',
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
+      );
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
   // If API key provided directly, save it
   if (options.apiKey) {
     // Only validate fc- prefix for cloud API

src/index.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   handleAllScrapeCommand,
 } from './commands/scrape';
 import { initializeConfig, updateConfig } from './utils/config';
-import { getClient } from './utils/client';
 import { configure, viewConfig } from './commands/config';
 import { handleCreditUsageCommand } from './commands/credit-usage';
 import { handleCrawlCommand } from './commands/crawl';
@@ -1075,9 +1074,10 @@ program
   )
   .option('-b, --browser', 'Login via browser (shortcut for --method browser)')
   .action(async (options) => {
+    const globalOptions = program.opts();
     await handleLoginCommand({
-      apiKey: options.apiKey,
-      apiUrl: options.apiUrl,
+      apiKey: options.apiKey ?? globalOptions.apiKey,
+      apiUrl: options.apiUrl ?? globalOptions.apiUrl,
       webUrl: options.webUrl,
       method: options.browser ? 'browser' : options.method,
     });