HTTP headers in Websockets client API

Question

Looks like it\'s easy to add custom HTTP headers to your websocket client with any HTTP header client which supports this, but I can\'t find how to do it with the JSON API.

Answer 1

You can pass the headers as a key-value in the third parameter (options) inside an object. Example with Authorization token. Left the protocol (second parameter) as null

ws = new WebSocket(‘ws://localhost’, null, { headers: { Authorization: token }})

Edit: Seems that this approach only works with nodejs library not with standard browser implementation. Leaving it because it might be useful to some people.