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id: 737b3fbd-b039-4af7-90be-cb1614085901
title: connect
slug: /js/reference/signalwire/client/connect
description: connect method for the SignalWire Client.
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### connect

* **connect**(): `void`

Connects to the WebSocket client. SignalWire manages the WebSocket connection automatically in most cases, so you'll only need to use `connect` in the rare edge cases when you need to manually manage the connection.

#### Returns

`void`