From 1422cdfc9ae431c08917f8c23e6c7f109b4d7b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew R <matthew@staff.libraryofcode.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 20:19:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add message util class

---
 src/util/MessageUtil.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/util/MessageUtil.ts

diff --git a/src/util/MessageUtil.ts b/src/util/MessageUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5785f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/MessageUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { MessageContent } from 'eris';
+import type { Client } from '../class';
+
+export default class MessageUtil {
+  static async sendDirectMessage(content: MessageContent, userID: string, client: Client) {
+    const dmChannel = await client.getDMChannel(userID);
+    if (!dmChannel) throw new Error(`DM Channel for user ${userID} doesn't exist.`);
+    return dmChannel.createMessage(content);
+  }
+}