# Using WebSocket in Ionic

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-websocket-in-ionic/59887>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-websocket-in-ionic/59887 "2016-08-08T12:02:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DennisM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@DennisM](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/DennisM)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-websocket-in-ionic/59887/1 "2016-08-08T12:02:09Z")

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Hi, everyone!  
Please, help… what should I do in order to use websocket in my ionic app?  
I couldn’t find any info in docs about this.  
I’m just writing in my code:  
var num = "1"  
var socket = new WebSocket(“ws://somesource.com”);  
socket.send(num);  
socket.onmessage = function(data) {  
alert(data);  
};  
And nothing…  
By design [somesource.com](http://somesource.com) must return me some data responding on my "num"  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![arnhrwd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/arnhrwd/32/123604_2.png) [@arnhrwd](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/arnhrwd)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-websocket-in-ionic/59887/2 "2016-08-27T04:15:53Z")

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I’m looking for a websocket approach for ionic v2 as well. Any answers?