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+import api from './api.js';
+
+var ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:8081/socket');
+export default ws;
+
+ws.onmessage = ev => {
+	// this will already throw an error if the message doesn't contain valid JSON
+	const msg = JSON.parse(ev.data);
+
+	// check if api.msg.handle has a handler for msg.type
+	if (!api.msg.handle.hasOwnProperty(msg.type)) {
+		console.warn(`No message handler for type ${msg.type}`, msg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// run the appropriate message handler
+	api.msg.handle[msg.type](msg);
+};
+