Re-do guards, streamline requests.

src/database/channel.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use serde::{ Deserialize, Serialize };
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Channel {
+    #[serde(rename = "_id")]
+    pub id: String,
+	pub channel_type: u8,
+	
+	// for Direct Messages
+	pub recipients: Option<Vec<String>>,
+	pub active: Option<bool>,
+}

src/database/message.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+use serde::{ Deserialize, Serialize };
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Message {
+    #[serde(rename = "_id")]
+    pub id: String,
+}

src/database/mod.rs

@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ pub fn get_collection(collection: &str) -> Collection {
 	get_db().collection(collection)
 }
 
-pub mod user;
+pub mod user;
+pub mod channel;
+pub mod message;