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# startWebsockets

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

Defined in: [packages/modelence/src/websocket/client.ts:17](https://github.com/modelence/modelence/blob/f614ecc6811cdda9670d612872c8ff49a49c5e28/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`