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# WebSocket
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WebSockets are a type of connection that can be instantiated by upgrading an existing HTTP/1 connection. They're used to dispatch notifications and communicate real-time binary and textual Data.
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## Using websockets
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WebSockets are interacted with using [binary streams](binary-stream.md) or [text streams](text-stream.md).
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### Errors
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Any error in a WebSocket will close the connection.
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