function loadRemote() {
    loginCheck();
    $.ajax({
            url: apiUrl + "/GroupSessions",
            data: { archived: true, from: $("#from-date").val(), to: $("#to-date").val(), minDuration: 0 },
            dataType: "json",
            beforeSend: function(xhr) {
                xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + getCookie("token"));

            }
        }).done(function(data) {
            // (•ิ_•ิ)?
            var acc = data.reduce((acc, val) => acc.set(val.author, 1 + (acc.get(val.author) || 0)), new Map());
            $("#gamedata > tbody").empty();

            acc.forEach(function(value, key) {
                $("#gamedata > tbody:last-child").append("<tr><td>" + key + "</td><td>" + value + "</td></tr>");
            });
            //for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(acc)) {
            console.log(acc);
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("An error.")
            console.log("error");
        })
        .always(function() {
            console.log("complete");
        });
}

function setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {
    var d = new Date();
    d.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
    var expires = "expires=" + d.toUTCString();
    document.cookie = cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/";
}

function getCookie(cname) {
    console.log(`getCookie(cname: ${cname})`);
    var name = cname + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
            c = c.substring(1);
        }
        if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
            return c.substring(name.length, c.length);
        }
    }
    return "";
}

function login() {
    console.log("attempting to log in")
    var req = $.ajax({
        url: apiUrl + "/Account/Login",
        type: "POST",
        data: JSON.stringify(appLogin),
        contentType: 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
        done: function(result) {
            console.log("Logged in.");
            setCookie("token", result, 30);
        },
        fail: function(error) {
            console.log(`Login error ${error}`);
        }
    });
}

function loginCheck() {
    console.log("checking login status...")
    var token = getCookie("token");
    // check for valid token
    if (token == "") {
        console.log("auth token not found or expired");
        login()
            // token found, check if is valid
    } else {
        var req = $.ajax({
            url: apiUrl + "/Evacuation",
            type: "GET",
            fail: function(error) {
                console.log(`Enable to check login due to: ${error}`);
            },
            statusCode: {
                401: function() {
                    console.log("Auth token invalid, attempting to log in...");
                    login();
                }
            }
        });
    }
}