added locally hosted htmx dependency; updated base.html template & req's files accordingly; wrote new FT (failing) in test_dashboard that calls for this lib

src/templates/core/base.html

@@ -77,9 +77,27 @@
             {% endblock content %}
 
         </div>
-    </body>
-    
-    {% block scripts %}
-    {% endblock scripts %}
 
+        {% block scripts %}
+        {% endblock scripts %}
+        <script src="{% static "vendor/htmx.min.js" %}"></script>
+        <script>
+            document.body.addEventListener('htmx:configRequest', function(evt) {
+                evt.detail.headers['X-CSRFToken'] = getCookie('csrftoken');
+            });
+            function getCookie(name) {
+                let val = null;
+                if (document.cookie) {
+                    for (let c of document.cookie.split(';')) {
+                        c = c.trim();
+                        if (c.startsWith(name + '=')) {
+                            val = decodeURIComponent(c.substring(name.length + 1));
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return val;
+            }
+        </script>
+    </body>
 </html>