Channel initialization doesn't create a channel - Chat

Using the following code doesn't actually create a channel unless you use watch(), query(), or create(). Instead, it creates a channel class instance. 

const conversation = client.channel('messaging', 'thierry-tommaso-1', {
 name: 'Founder Chat',
 image: 'http://bit.ly/2O35mws',
 members: ['thierry', 'tommaso'],
});

using one of the following will call the API and create the channel 

await conversation.watch();
// or
await conversation.create();
// or by querying the channel
await conversation.query();