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fix: use correct WebSocket transport and improve error message in PerplexityBot #1079

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions src/bots/PerplexityBot.js
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Bot from "@/bots/Bot";
import axios from "axios";
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
import WebSocketAsPromised from "websocket-as-promised";
import i18n from "@/i18n";

export default class PerplexityBot extends Bot {
static _brandId = "perplexity";
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return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
try {
const wsp = new WebSocketAsPromised(
`wss://www.perplexity.ai/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=polling&t=${this.t}&sid=${sid}`,
`wss://www.perplexity.ai/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=websocket&t=${this.t}&sid=${sid}`,
{
packMessage: (data) => {
return `42${this.seq++}${JSON.stringify(data)}`;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -309,7 +310,11 @@ export default class PerplexityBot extends Bot {
wsp.onError.addListener((event) => {
wsp.removeAllListeners();
wsp.close();
reject(event);
reject(
i18n.global.t("error.failedConnectUrl", {
url: event.target?.url ?? "wss://www.perplexity.ai/socket.io/",

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security-medium medium

The WebSocket URL contains sensitive query parameters, including the session ID (sid) and a timestamp (t). Displaying the full URL in the error message could lead to accidental exposure of these tokens if a user shares a screenshot of the error. It is safer to strip the query parameters and only display the base URL in the UI.

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url: event.target?.url ?? "wss://www.perplexity.ai/socket.io/",
url: event.target?.url?.split("?")[0] ?? "wss://www.perplexity.ai/socket.io/",

}),
);
});

wsp.onClose.addListener(() => {
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