diff -r 3c9d3c8f41d1 -r 3b20e2b584fe client/src/sagas/index.js
--- a/client/src/sagas/index.js	Thu Jun 15 17:18:22 2017 +0200
+++ b/client/src/sagas/index.js	Fri Jun 16 18:36:39 2017 +0200
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import PouchDB from 'pouchdb'
-import { put, takeLatest, all } from 'redux-saga/effects'
+import { put, take, takeLatest, all } from 'redux-saga/effects'
 import * as types from '../constants/actionTypes';
 import PouchDBFind from 'pouchdb-find';
 import Immutable from 'immutable';
+import APIClient from '../APIClient';
 
 PouchDB.debug.disable();
 PouchDB.plugin(PouchDBFind);
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@
   index: { fields: ['session'] }
 });
 
+const client = new APIClient('http://localhost:8000')
+
 // ---
 
 export function* loadSessions() {
@@ -88,6 +91,36 @@
 
 // ---
 
+export function* watchLoginSubmit() {
+  while (true) {
+    const { username, password } = yield take(types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUBMIT);
+    yield put({ type: types.AUTH_LOGIN_REQUEST, username, password });
+  }
+}
+
+function* watchLoginRequest() {
+  while (true) {
+    try {
+        const { username, password } = yield take(types.AUTH_LOGIN_REQUEST);
+        const response = yield client.post('/api/auth/login/', { username, password });
+        yield put({
+          type: types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUCCESS,
+          user: response.user,
+          token: response.token,
+          meta: {
+            transition: (prevState, nextState, action) => ({
+              pathname: '/sessions',
+            }),
+          },
+        });
+    } catch(e) {
+        yield put({ type: types.AUTH_LOGIN_ERROR, error: e });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// ---
+
 export default function* rootSaga() {
   yield all([
     watchLoadSessions(),
@@ -95,5 +128,7 @@
     watchAddNote(),
     watchCreateSession(),
     watchUpdateSession(),
+    watchLoginSubmit(),
+    watchLoginRequest(),
   ])
 }