Return a default APIClient if we run into an exception

[ryanjbaxter]

Fixes #1946

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[yue9944882]

nit: conventionally we use slf4j as the logging interface

[yue9944882]

plz run mvn spotless:apply to fix the format error

[ryanjbaxter]

@yue9944882 @brendandburns sorry for the delay in getting back to this.

I actually think it might be simpler if we just try and create the ApiClient and if that fails we fall back to creating one that points to localhost. Let me know what you think.

[ryanjbaxter]

@yue9944882 I believe I fixed the formatting issues, sorry about that

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