writing the stub js to authenticate against the back end

static/js/login.js

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+export function val(api) {
+    let form = document.getElementById("login_form");
+
+    if (form.checkValidity() === false) {
+        this.event.preventDefault();
+        this.event.stopPropagation();
+        form.classList.add("was-validated");
+        return;
+    }
+    form.classList.add("was-validated");
+
+    let payload = {
+        email: document.getElementById("email").value,
+        password: document.getElementById("password").value,
+    };
+
+    const requestOptions = {
+        method: 'post',
+        headers: {
+            'Accept': 'application/json',
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+    };
+
+    fetch(api + "/api/authenticate", requestOptions)
+        .then(response => response.json())
+        .then(response => {
+            console.log(response)
+        });
+}
+
+