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title: Websocket to Container
description: Forwarding a Websocket request to a Container
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# Websocket to Container

Forwarding a Websocket request to a Container

WebSocket requests are automatically forwarded to a container using the default `fetch`method on the `Container` class:

JavaScript

```
import { Container, getContainer } from "@cloudflare/containers";
export class MyContainer extends Container {  defaultPort = 8080;  sleepAfter = "2m";}
export default {  async fetch(request, env) {    // gets default instance and forwards websocket from outside Worker    return getContainer(env.MY_CONTAINER).fetch(request);  },};
```

View a full example in the [Container class repository ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/containers/tree/main/examples/websocket).

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