[Python] Strange behaviour when using React Native Expo Linking Library. Server URL is not...

I am trying to use the React Native Expo Linking Library to define a user's google cloud firestore function endpoint. I have a server URL endpoint for dev mode - localhost:5000 and one for production - my-project.cloudfunctions.net/functions/. I would like to use the Linking library which seems to work asynchronously which may be the reason for it's strange behaviour. Here is my code:

import * as Linking from 'expo-linking';
var serverURL = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/';
url = Linking.getInitialURL().then(ip => {
if (ip === 'http://localhost:8081/' || ip === 'http://127.0.0.1:8081/') {
console.warn("GET LOCAL HOST ADDRESS")
serverURL = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/';
console.warn(serverURL)
} else {
console.warn("GET CLOUD HOST ADDRESS")
serverURL = 'https://us-central1-<project-id>.cloudfunctions.net/functions/'
console.warn(serverURL)
}
});


module.exports = { serverURL }


When I run the following code in development I get a serverURL of localhost, when I run it in production I get a serverURL of also localhost, even though it executes the CLOUD HOST ADDRESS code segment. Any idea's on what I am doing wrong?

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