It was not possible to pass options to the $websocket constructor.

This fix should also resolve the issue : PatrickJS#18, if you do : ws = $websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888', null, {reconnectIfNotNormalClose: true});

Author: Stegoo

src/angular-websocket.js

@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@
       });
     }
 
-    return function(url, protocols) {
-      return new $WebSocket(url, protocols);
+    return function(url, protocols, options) {
+      return new $WebSocket(url, protocols, options);
     };
   }