Improved the documentation, adding the automaticOpen option as well as describing the publicly available methods.

Author: Jakobud

README.md

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ or
 - Accepts `true` or `false`
 - Default value: `false`
 
+#### `automaticOpen`
+- Whether or not the websocket should attempt to connect immediately upon instantiation. The socket can be manually opened or closed at any time using ws.open() and ws.close().
+- Accepts `true` or `false`
+- Default value: `true`
+
 #### `reconnectInterval`
 - The number of milliseconds to delay before attempting to reconnect.
 - Accepts `integer`
@@ -95,6 +100,23 @@ or
 
 ---
 
+## Methods
+
+#### `ws.open()`
+- Open the Reconnecting Websocket
+
+#### `ws.close(code, reason)`
+- Closes the WebSocket connection or connection attempt, if any. If the connection is already CLOSED, this method does nothing.
+- `code` is optional the closing code (default value 1000). [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-7.4.1](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-7.4.1)
+- `reason` is the optional reason that the socket is being closed. [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-7.1.6](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-7.1.6)
+
+#### `ws.refresh()`
+- Refresh the connection if still open (close and then re-open it).
+
+#### `ws.send(data)`
+- Transmits data to the server over the WebSocket connection.
+- Accepts @param data a text string, ArrayBuffer or Blob
+
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reconnecting-websocket.js

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
  * debug
  * - Whether this instance should log debug messages. Accepts true or false. Default: false.
  *
+ * automaticOpen
+ * - Whether or not the websocket should attempt to connect immediately upon instantiation. The socket can be manually opened or closed at any time using ws.open() and ws.close().
+ *
  * reconnectInterval
  * - The number of milliseconds to delay before attempting to reconnect. Accepts integer. Default: 1000.
  *