Dashboard hookup frontend with backend

[jennymar]

Info

Closes #47. (If there is no issue for this pull request yet, please create one or
delete this line if the pull request is for a very minor tweak).

Hooking up frontend with backend for the dashboard page.

Description

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motivation or context.

User's name and status are gotten from the backend User schema. Edited UserAPI.ts and added /app/api/getCurrentUser to get the info - referenced Angela's code on her branch.

Changes

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  expected)
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If you've selected Patch, Minor, or Major as your change type, make sure to bump the version before merging in package.json!

Testing

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• locally.
• on the testing API/testing database.
• with appropriate Postman routes. Screenshots are included below.

Checklist

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• I have appropriately edited the API version in the package.json file.
• My changes produce no new warnings.

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Thanks for contributing!
If you've made changes to the API's functionality, please make sure to bump the package
version—see this guide to semantic versioning for details—and
document those changes as appropriate.

[alexzhang1618]

can we delete this and maybe add .env to gitignore