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Documentation for createSocket incomplete #439

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I am doing the authentication myself with a long lived access token (also used as bearer token for the REST API).

function createSocket(): Promise < HaWebSocket > {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        const ws = new WebSocket(this.host.replace(/^http/, "ws") + "/api/websocket");
        ws.on('error', (buffer) => {
            console.error(`Error connecting to Home Assistant: ${buffer.toString()}`);
            reject()
        });

        ws.on('message', (buffer) => {
            const data = JSON.parse(buffer);
            if (data.type === "auth_ok") {
                ws.haVersion = data.ha_version;
                resolve(ws);
            } else if (data.type === "auth_required") {
                ws.send(JSON.stringify({
                    type: "auth",
                    access_token: this.token
                }));
            } else if (data.type === "auth_invalid") {
                console.error(`Error authenticating to Home Assistant: ${data.message}`);
                reject()
            }
        });
    })
}

this.wsConnection = await createConnection({
    createSocket: createSocket.bind(this)
});

The line ws.haVersion = data.ha_version; is very important before resolving the promise, otherwise there will be bugs down the line.

You should mention in your docs that you createSocket needs to return Promise < HaWebSocket >, i.e. an object with interface WebSocket extended by the haVersion field as described in HaWebSocket

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