refactor: first pass on getting the client back into working order

(still broken, but loading as a baseline)

public/api/channels/README.md

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+# /api/channels
+
+Interact with channels.
+
+## POST /api/channels
+
+Create a new channel.
+
+```
+export type CHANNEL = {
+	id: string; // unique id for this channel
+	name: string; // the name of the channel (max 128 characters)
+	icon?: string; // optional url for a channel icon
+	topic?: string; // optional channel topic
+	tags?: string[]; // optional tags for the channel
+	meta?: Record<string, any>; // optional metadata
+	limits: {
+		users: number;
+		user_messages_per_minute: number;
+	};
+	creator_id: string; // user_id of the topic creator
+	emojis: Record<string, string>; // either: string: emoji eg: { 'rofl: 🤣, ... } or { 'rofl': 🤣, 'blap': 'https://somewhere.someplace/image.jpg' }
+};
+```
+
+## GET /api/channels
+
+Get channels.