get this to work a slight bit more

static/chat.js

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+init_polling();
+
+// terrible hack. uses polling.
+function init_polling() {
+  let history_el = document.getElementById("history");
+  let msg_template = document.querySelector("#chatmessage");
+  setInterval(() => {
+    let messages = document.getElementsByClassName("message");
+    let last_msg_uuid = messages[messages.length - 1].id;
+    fetch(`/poll/${last_msg_uuid}`)
+      .then(data =>  data.text().then(bleh => {
+        let new_messages = JSON.parse(bleh);
+        for (const message of new_messages) {
+          const clone = msg_template.content.cloneNode(true);
+          let msgclone = clone.querySelector("div");
+          msgclone.id = message.id;
+          msgclone.classList.add(message.from_admin ? "from_admin" : "from_user");
+          let content = msgclone.querySelector("p");
+          content.textContent = message.content;
+          let ts = msgclone.querySelector(".timestamp");
+          ts.textContent = message.timestamp;
+          history_el.appendChild(msgclone);
+        }
+      }));
+  }, 5000)
+}