additon of custom channel conditional eval, though it desperately needs sanitization and/or a framework to work upon. further optimisations and addition of direct messaging

src/services/validations.ts

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+import PublicChannel from '../channels/types/publicChannel';
+import PrivateChannel from '../channels/types/privateChannel';
+import CustomChannel from '../channels/types/customChannel';
+import * as Joi from 'joi'
+
+var app = require('../config/app');
+
+class Validations {
+  MessageConditions = {
+    message_type: Joi.string().valid(app.messageTypes).insensitive().required(),
+    channel: Joi.string(),
+    channel_type: Joi.string(),
+    client_type: Joi.string(),
+    user_id: Joi.number().integer(),
+    message: Joi.alternatives().try(Joi.string(), Joi.object()),
+    custom: Joi.object()
+  }
+
+  constructor(message: any) {
+    if (message.channel_type == 'custom') {
+      let conditions = message.conditions
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default Validations;