diff --git a/lib/constants.dart b/lib/constants.dart
index 278038d0..6793aebd 100644
--- a/lib/constants.dart
+++ b/lib/constants.dart
@@ -1 +1,53 @@
+import 'package:frosty/models/channel.dart';
+
+/// The twitch IRC websocket channel
 const twitchIrc = 'wss://irc-ws.chat.twitch.tv:443';
+
+/// Sample channel objects for testing/preview purposes.
+const SampleChannels = [
+  Channel(
+      id: '',
+      userId: '',
+      userLogin: 'xqcow',
+      userName: 'xQcOW',
+      gameId: '',
+      gameName: 'VALORANT',
+      type: 'live',
+      title: 'TITANIC MAN WITH UNREAL UNMATCHED UNBELIEVABLE STRENGHT AND APTITUDE ACCOMPLISHES ACHIEVEMENTS DEEMED IMPOSSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC (GONE WRONG)',
+      viewerCount: 76422,
+      startedAt: '',
+      language: 'en',
+      thumbnailUrl: 'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_xqcow-{width}x{height}.jpg',
+      tagIds: [],
+      isMature: false),
+  Channel(
+      id: '',
+      userId: '',
+      userLogin: 'lirik',
+      userName: 'Lirik',
+      gameId: '',
+      gameName: 'Just Chatting',
+      type: 'live',
+      title: 'LOL',
+      viewerCount: 11933,
+      startedAt: '',
+      language: 'en',
+      thumbnailUrl: 'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_lirik-{width}x{height}.jpg',
+      tagIds: [],
+      isMature: false),
+  Channel(
+      id: '',
+      userId: '',
+      userLogin: 'mizkif',
+      userName: 'Mizkif',
+      gameId: '',
+      gameName: 'Just Chatting',
+      type: 'live',
+      title: 'DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA',
+      viewerCount: 4547,
+      startedAt: '',
+      language: 'en',
+      thumbnailUrl: 'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_mizkif-{width}x{height}.jpg',
+      tagIds: [],
+      isMature: false)
+];
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 489d7a65..344f8756 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.0.0"
+  http:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: http
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.13.3"
   http_multi_server:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index ac24a2a4..07e656ce 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dependencies:
   # The following adds the Cupertino Icons font to your application.
   # Use with the CupertinoIcons class for iOS style icons.
   cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2
+  http: ^0.13.3
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test: