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# startWebsockets

[API Reference](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../../../index) / [modelence](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../../index) / [client](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../index) / startWebsockets

> **startWebsockets**(`props?`): `void`

Defined in: [packages/modelence/src/websocket/client.ts:17](https://github.com/modelence/modelence/blob/4e9dbffbaf671ffdb34eb786c07e0ed657963e6d/packages/modelence/src/websocket/client.ts#L17)

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| - | - |
| `props?` | \{ `channels?`: [`ClientChannel`](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../classes/ClientChannel)\<`unknown`>\[]; `provider?`: [`WebsocketClientProvider`](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../../index/interfaces/WebsocketClientProvider); } |
| `props.channels?` | [`ClientChannel`](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../classes/ClientChannel)\<`unknown`>\[] |
| `props.provider?` | [`WebsocketClientProvider`](/api-reference/modelence/client/functions/../../index/interfaces/WebsocketClientProvider) |

## Returns

`void`


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