diff --git a/tui/src/net.rs b/tui/src/net.rs
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+++ b/tui/src/net.rs
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+use crate::api_types::Channel;
+use crate::api_types::Jwt;
+use reqwest::{Client, Url};
+use reqwest::Result as HttpResult;
+
+pub async fn login(url: &str, id: u64, secret: &str) -> HttpResult<String> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let mut url = Url::parse(&format!("{}/login", url)).unwrap();
+    url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("id", &format!("{}", id));
+    url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("secret", secret);
+
+
+    let response: Jwt  = client.get(url).send().await?.json().await?;
+    Ok(response.jwt)
+}
+
+fn list_channels(url: &str, id: u64, secret: &str)  -> Vec<Channel> {
+    todo!()
+}