diff --git a/datalad_registry_client/get_urls.py b/datalad_registry_client/get_urls.py
index 5ed04114..8b04e0f9 100644
--- a/datalad_registry_client/get_urls.py
+++ b/datalad_registry_client/get_urls.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Optional
 
-from datalad import cfg
 from datalad.interface.base import Interface, build_doc, eval_results
 from datalad.interface.results import get_status_dict
 from datalad.support.constraints import EnsureNone, EnsureStr
@@ -13,11 +12,10 @@
 import requests
 from yarl import URL
 
-from . import DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT
+from datalad_registry.blueprints.api import DATASET_URLS_PATH
 
-# The path of the dataset URLs resource on the DataLad Registry instance relative to
-# the base API endpoint of the instance.
-_DATASET_URLS_PATH = "dataset-urls"
+from . import DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT
+from .utils import get_base_endpoint
 
 lgr = logging.getLogger("datalad.registry.get_urls")
 
@@ -66,13 +64,11 @@ class RegistryGetURLs(Interface):
     def __call__(cache_path: Optional[str] = None, base_endpoint: Optional[str] = None):
         from datalad_registry.blueprints.api.dataset_urls.models import DatasetURLPage
 
-        # Set `base_endpoint` to the default if it is not provided.
+        # Set `base_endpoint` based on configuration if it is not provided.
         if base_endpoint is None:
-            base_endpoint = cfg.get(
-                "datalad_registry.base_endpoint", DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT
-            )
+            base_endpoint = get_base_endpoint()
 
-        endpoint = URL(base_endpoint) / _DATASET_URLS_PATH
+        endpoint = URL(base_endpoint) / DATASET_URLS_PATH
 
         target_url = (
             endpoint.with_query(cache_path=cache_path)
diff --git a/datalad_registry_client/submit_urls.py b/datalad_registry_client/submit_urls.py
index 44870df0..07332c49 100644
--- a/datalad_registry_client/submit_urls.py
+++ b/datalad_registry_client/submit_urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
 
-from datalad import cfg
 from datalad.interface.base import Interface, build_doc, eval_results
 from datalad.interface.results import get_status_dict
 from datalad.support.constraints import EnsureNone, EnsureStr
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 from datalad_registry.blueprints.api import DATASET_URLS_PATH
 
 from . import DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT
+from .utils import get_base_endpoint
 
 lgr = logging.getLogger("datalad.registry.submit_urls")
 
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ class RegistrySubmitURLs(Interface):
     def __call__(
         urls: List[str], base_endpoint: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        # Set `base_endpoint` based on configuration if it is not provided.
         if base_endpoint is None:
-            base_endpoint = cfg.get(
-                "datalad_registry.base_endpoint", DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT
-            )
+            base_endpoint = get_base_endpoint()
 
         endpoint = URL(base_endpoint) / DATASET_URLS_PATH
         endpoint_str = str(endpoint)
diff --git a/datalad_registry_client/utils.py b/datalad_registry_client/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cd7ce2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datalad_registry_client/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This file contains definitions used as tools for the datalad_registry_client package.
+
+from datalad import cfg
+
+from . import DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT
+
+
+def get_base_endpoint() -> str:
+    """
+    :return: The value of the `datalad_registry.base_endpoint` option if set,
+             or the value of `datalad_registry_client.DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT` otherwise.
+    """
+    return cfg.get("datalad_registry.base_endpoint", DEFAULT_BASE_ENDPOINT)