Added the ability to disable reconnection in the Kick library, fixed a null reference error if IsConnected() is called without ever being connected and incorporated the ping thread into the library rather than doing it separately

KickWsClient/KickWsClient.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using NLog;
 
 namespace KickWsClient;
 
-public class KickWsClient
+public class KickWsClient : IDisposable
 {
     public event EventHandlers.OnPusherConnectionEstablishedEventHandler OnPusherConnectionEstablished;
     public event EventHandlers.OnPusherSubscriptionSucceededEventHandler OnPusherSubscriptionSucceeded;
@@ -31,20 +31,25 @@ public class KickWsClient
     public event EventHandlers.OnWsMessageReceivedEventHandler OnWsMessageReceived;
     public event EventHandlers.OnPollUpdateEventHandler OnPollUpdate;
 
-    private WebsocketClient _wsClient;
+    private WebsocketClient? _wsClient;
     private readonly Logger _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
     private Uri _kickPusherUri;
     private int _reconnectTimeout;
     private string? _proxy;
+    private bool _reconnectionEnabled;
+    private Task? _pingTask;
+    private TimeSpan _pingInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _pingCts = new();
 
     public KickWsClient(
         string kickPusherUri =
             "wss://ws-us2.pusher.com/app/32cbd69e4b950bf97679?protocol=7&client=js&version=7.6.0&flash=false",
-        string? proxy = null, int reconnectTimeout = 30)
+        string? proxy = null, int reconnectTimeout = 30, bool reconnectionEnabled = true)
     {
         _kickPusherUri = new Uri(kickPusherUri);
         _proxy = proxy;
         _reconnectTimeout = reconnectTimeout;
+        _reconnectionEnabled = reconnectionEnabled;
     }
 
     public async Task StartWsClient()
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ public class KickWsClient
     public void Disconnect()
     {
         _logger.Debug("Disconnect() called, closing Websocket");
-        _wsClient.Stop(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, "Closing websocket").Wait();
+        _wsClient?.Stop(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, "Closing websocket").Wait();
     }
 
     private async Task<WebsocketClient> CreateWsClient()
@@ -71,7 +76,8 @@ public class KickWsClient
 
         var client = new WebsocketClient(_kickPusherUri, factory)
         {
-            ReconnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_reconnectTimeout)
+            ReconnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_reconnectTimeout),
+            IsReconnectionEnabled = _reconnectionEnabled
         };
 
         client.ReconnectionHappened.Subscribe(WsReconnection);
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ public class KickWsClient
         var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(pkt);
         _logger.Debug("Sending message to Pusher");
         _logger.Debug(json);
-        _wsClient.Send(json); 
+        _wsClient?.Send(json); 
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -129,6 +135,21 @@ public class KickWsClient
     {
         SendPusherPacket("pusher:ping", new object());
     }
+    
+    private async Task PingTimer()
+    {
+        using var timer = new PeriodicTimer(_pingInterval);
+        while (await timer.WaitForNextTickAsync(_pingCts.Token))
+        {
+            if (_wsClient == null)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug("_wsClient doesn't exist yet, not going to try ping");
+                continue;
+            }
+            _logger.Debug("Sent ping to Pusher");
+            SendPusherPing();
+        }
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Send a pusher subscribe packet to subscribe to a channel or chatroom. You should receive a subscription succeeded packet
@@ -190,6 +211,9 @@ public class KickWsClient
                 var data =
                     JsonSerializer.Deserialize<PusherModels.PusherConnectionEstablishedEventModel>(pusherMsg.Data, options);
                 OnPusherConnectionEstablished?.Invoke(this, data);
+                if (_pingTask != null) return;
+                _pingTask = Task.Run(PingTimer);
+                _logger.Debug("Started ping timer");
                 return;
             }
             case "pusher_internal:subscription_succeeded":
@@ -270,4 +294,14 @@ public class KickWsClient
                 break;
         }
     }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _logger.Debug("Disposing Kick WS Client");
+        _pingCts.Cancel();
+        _pingCts.Dispose();
+        _pingTask?.Dispose();
+        _wsClient?.Dispose();
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
 }