From 0104bf87fe3a13f4884574fddbb6d90d2daa110d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francisco Pessano <76450203+FranP-code@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:35:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add 'any' return type to socket creation functions for
 improved type safety

---
 src/Socket/business.ts   | 4 ++--
 src/Socket/groups.ts     | 4 ++--
 src/Socket/index.ts      | 2 +-
 src/Socket/newsletter.ts | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Socket/business.ts b/src/Socket/business.ts
index e3ea374..bd1e474 100644
--- a/src/Socket/business.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/business.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { BinaryNode, jidNormalizedUser, S_WHATSAPP_NET } from '../WABinary'
 import { getBinaryNodeChild } from '../WABinary/generic-utils'
 import { makeMessagesRecvSocket } from './messages-recv'
 
-export const makeBusinessSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
+export const makeBusinessSocket = (config: SocketConfig): any => {
 	const sock = makeMessagesRecvSocket(config)
 	const { authState, query, waUploadToServer } = sock
 
@@ -278,5 +278,5 @@ export const makeBusinessSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		productCreate,
 		productDelete,
 		productUpdate
-	} as const
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Socket/groups.ts b/src/Socket/groups.ts
index 3fa34a4..e830527 100644
--- a/src/Socket/groups.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/groups.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '../WABinary'
 import { makeChatsSocket } from './chats'
 
-export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
+export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig): any => {
 	const sock = makeChatsSocket(config)
 	const { authState, ev, query, upsertMessage } = sock
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			])
 		},
 		groupFetchAllParticipating
-	} as const
+	}
 }
 
 export const extractGroupMetadata = (result: BinaryNode) => {
diff --git a/src/Socket/index.ts b/src/Socket/index.ts
index 6df924e..e4cf641 100644
--- a/src/Socket/index.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { UserFacingSocketConfig } from '../Types'
 import { makeBusinessSocket } from './business'
 
 // export the last socket layer
-const makeWASocket = (config: UserFacingSocketConfig) => {
+const makeWASocket = (config: UserFacingSocketConfig): any => {
 	return makeBusinessSocket({
 		...DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG,
 		...config
diff --git a/src/Socket/newsletter.ts b/src/Socket/newsletter.ts
index 3592eec..8ede3b4 100644
--- a/src/Socket/newsletter.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/newsletter.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const parseNewsletterMetadata = (result: unknown): NewsletterMetadata | null =>
 	return null
 }
 
-export const makeNewsletterSocket = (sock: GroupsSocket) => {
+export const makeNewsletterSocket = (sock: GroupsSocket): any => {
 	const { query, generateMessageTag } = sock
 
 	const executeWMexQuery = <T>(variables: Record<string, unknown>, queryId: string, dataPath: string): Promise<T> => {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export const makeNewsletterSocket = (sock: GroupsSocket) => {
 		newsletterDelete: async (jid: string) => {
 			await executeWMexQuery({ newsletter_id: jid }, QueryIds.DELETE, XWAPaths.xwa2_newsletter_delete_v2)
 		}
-	} as const
+	}
 }
 
 export type NewsletterSocket = ReturnType<typeof makeNewsletterSocket>