Unified unexpected disconnect & takeover events

Example/example.ts

@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ async function example() {
     fs.writeFileSync('./auth_info.json', JSON.stringify(authInfo, null, '\t')) // save this info to a file
     /*  Note: one can take this auth_info.json file and login again from any computer without having to scan the QR code, 
         and get full access to one's WhatsApp. Despite the convenience, be careful with this file */
-    client.setOnDisconnect (async kind => {
-        if (kind === 'replaced') {
-            // uncomment to reconnect whenever the connection gets taken over from somewhere else
-            // await client.connect ()
-        } else {
-            console.log ('oh no got logged out!')
-        }
-    })
     client.setOnPresenceUpdate(json => console.log(json.id + ' presence is ' + json.type))
     client.setOnMessageStatusChange(json => {
         const participant = json.participant ? ' (' + json.participant + ')' : '' // participant exists when the message is from a group
@@ -121,7 +113,14 @@ async function example() {
         const batterylevel = parseInt(batteryLevelStr)
         console.log('battery level: ' + batterylevel)
     })
-    client.setOnUnexpectedDisconnect(err => console.log('disconnected unexpectedly: ' + err))
+    client.setOnUnexpectedDisconnect(reason => {
+        if (reason === 'replaced') {
+            // uncomment to reconnect whenever the connection gets taken over from somewhere else
+            // await client.connect ()
+        } else {
+            console.log ('oh no got disconnected: ' + reason)
+        }
+    })
 }
 
 example().catch((err) => console.log(`encountered error: ${err}`))

src/WAClient/Base.ts

@@ -5,29 +5,10 @@ import {
     WANode,
     WAMetric,
     WAFlag,
-    WAGroupCreateResponse,
-    WAGroupMetadata,
-    WAGroupModification,
     MessageLogLevel,
 } from '../WAConnection/Constants'
-import { generateMessageTag } from '../WAConnection/Utils'
 
 export default class WhatsAppWebBase extends WAConnection {
-    /** Set the callback for when the connection is taken over somewhere else or logged out */
-    setOnDisconnect(callback: (kind: 'replaced' | string | null) => void) {
-        this.registerCallback (['Cmd', 'type:disconnect'], json => {
-            this.log ('connection taken over elsewhere')
-            this.close ()
-            callback (json[1].kind)
-        })
-    }
-    /** Set the callback for unexpected disconnects */
-    setOnUnexpectedDisconnect(callback: (error: Error) => void) {
-        this.unexpectedDisconnect = (err) => {
-            this.close()
-            callback(err)
-        }
-    }
     /** Set the callback for message status updates (when a message is delivered, read etc.) */
     setOnMessageStatusChange(callback: (update: MessageStatusUpdate) => void) {
         const func = (json) => {

src/WAConnection/Base.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ export default class WAConnectionBase {
     protected decoder = new Decoder()
     /** What to do when you need the phone to authenticate the connection (generate QR code by default) */
     onReadyForPhoneAuthentication = generateQRCode
-    unexpectedDisconnect = (err) => this.close()
+    unexpectedDisconnect = (err: string) => this.close()
+    
+    /** Set the callback for unexpected disconnects including take over events, log out events etc. */
+    setOnUnexpectedDisconnect(callback: (error: string) => void) {
+        this.registerCallback (['Cmd', 'type:disconnect'], json => this.unexpectedDisconnect(json[1].kind))
+        this.unexpectedDisconnect = err => { this.close(); callback(err) }
+    }
     /**
      * base 64 encode the authentication credentials and return them
      * these can then be used to login again by passing the object to the connect () function.

src/WAConnection/Connect.ts

@@ -39,18 +39,19 @@ export default class WAConnectionConnector extends WAConnectionValidator {
                 this.log('connected to WhatsApp Web, authenticating...')
                 // start sending keep alive requests (keeps the WebSocket alive & updates our last seen)
                 this.authenticate()
-                    .then((user) => {
+                .then(user => {
-                        this.startKeepAliveRequest()
+                    this.startKeepAliveRequest()
-                        resolve(user)
+                    
-                    })
+                    this.conn.on ('error', null)
-                    .catch(reject)
+                    this.conn.on ('close', () => this.unexpectedDisconnect ('closed'))
-            })
+
-            this.conn.on('message', (m) => this.onMessageRecieved(m)) // in WhatsAppWeb.Recv.js
+                    resolve(user)
-            this.conn.on('error', (error) => {
+                })
-                // if there was an error in the WebSocket
+                .catch(reject)
-                this.close()
-                reject(error)
             })
+            this.conn.on('message', m => this.onMessageRecieved(m))
+            // if there was an error in the WebSocket
+            this.conn.on('error', error => { this.close(); reject(error) })
         })
         promise = Utils.promiseTimeout(timeoutMs, promise)
         return promise.catch(err => {

src/WAConnection/Utils.ts

@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ export function randomBytes(length) {
 }
 export const createTimeout = (timeout) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, timeout))
 export function promiseTimeout<T>(ms: number, promise: Promise<T>) {
-    if (!ms) {
+    if (!ms) return promise
-        return promise
-    }
     // Create a promise that rejects in <ms> milliseconds
     const timeout = new Promise((_, reject) => {
         const id = setTimeout(() => {