Frontend events are being returned from the API (yey!)

frontend/lib/utils/oott_api.dart

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+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
+import 'package:frontend/model/event.dart';
+
+class BackendAPI {
+  BackendAPI._singleton();
+
+  static final BackendAPI instance = BackendAPI._singleton();
+
+  static final String _baseUrl = 'http://localhost:3000/api';
+  static final String _apiKey = 'super_secret';
+
+  final Dio _dio = Dio(
+    BaseOptions(
+      baseUrl: _baseUrl,
+      headers: {
+        HttpHeaders.contentTypeHeader: 'application/json',
+        HttpHeaders.authorizationHeader: 'Bearer $_apiKey',
+      },
+    ),
+  );
+
+  Future<List<Event>> listNotifications() async {
+    print('About to call /notifications');
+
+    Response response;
+    response = await _dio.get('/notifications');
+
+    print('Received: ' + response.data.toString());
+
+    List<dynamic> list = response.data;
+    print('List contains ' + list.length.toString() + ' items');
+
+    List<Event> events = List<Event>.from(
+      list.map((item) => Event.fromJson(item)),
+    );
+
+    print('Parsed ' + events.length.toString() + ' events');
+
+    return events;
+  }
+}