Added notifications - (WIP, boilerplate)

backend/notifications.js

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+const utils = require('./utils');
+const logger = require('./logger');
+const db_api = require('./db');
+
+exports.sendNotification = async () => {
+    // TODO: hook into third party service
+
+    const notification = {}
+
+    await db_api.insertRecordIntoTable('notifications', notification);
+
+    return notification;
+}