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diff --git a/packages/connect/src/orderbook_channel_factory.ts b/packages/connect/src/orderbook_channel_factory.ts
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+import * as WebSocket from 'websocket';
+
+import { OrderbookChannel, OrderbookChannelHandler } from './types';
+import { assert } from './utils/assert';
+import { WebSocketOrderbookChannel } from './ws_orderbook_channel';
+
+export const orderbookChannelFactory = {
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new WebSocketOrderbookChannel instance
+     * @param   url                  The relayer API base WS url you would like to interact with
+     * @param   handler              An OrderbookChannelHandler instance that responds to various
+     *                               channel updates
+     * @return  An OrderbookChannel Promise
+     */
+    async createWebSocketOrderbookChannelAsync(
+        url: string,
+        handler: OrderbookChannelHandler,
+    ): Promise<OrderbookChannel> {
+        assert.isUri('url', url);
+        assert.isOrderbookChannelHandler('handler', handler);
+        return new Promise<OrderbookChannel>((resolve, reject) => {
+            const client = new WebSocket.w3cwebsocket(url);
+            client.onopen = () => {
+                const orderbookChannel = new WebSocketOrderbookChannel(client, handler);
+                resolve(orderbookChannel);
+            };
+            client.onerror = err => {
+                reject(err);
+            };
+        });
+    },
+};