# Storybook Websocket Channel [![Greenkeeper badge](https://badges.greenkeeper.io/storybooks/storybook.svg)](https://greenkeeper.io/) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/storybooks/storybook.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/storybooks/storybook) [![CodeFactor](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/storybooks/storybook/badge)](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/storybooks/storybook) [![Known Vulnerabilities](https://snyk.io/test/github/storybooks/storybook/8f36abfd6697e58cd76df3526b52e4b9dc894847/badge.svg)](https://snyk.io/test/github/storybooks/storybook/8f36abfd6697e58cd76df3526b52e4b9dc894847) [![BCH compliance](https://bettercodehub.com/edge/badge/storybooks/storybook)](https://bettercodehub.com/results/storybooks/storybook) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/storybooks/storybook/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/storybooks/storybook) [![Storybook Slack](https://storybooks-slackin.herokuapp.com/badge.svg)](https://storybooks-slackin.herokuapp.com/) Storybook Websocket Channel is a channel for Storybook that can be used when the Storybook Renderer should communicate with the Storybook Manager over the network. A channel can be created using the `createChannel` function. ```js import createChannel from '@storybook/channel-websocket' const channel = createChannel({ url: 'ws://localhost:9001' }) ``` --- For more information visit: [storybooks.js.org](https://storybooks.js.org)