Websocket on 1.0.0-beta.52 (TypeError: The header content contains invalid characters)

[gmaijoe]

Description

I'm getting the following error when reading infura's websocket endpoint on a new Web3 instance.

`TypeError: The header content contains invalid characters
at validateHeader (_http_outgoing.js:494:11)
at ClientRequest.setHeader (_http_outgoing.js:498:3)
at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:173:14)
at Object.request (http.js:38:10)
at Object.request (https.js:243:15)
at Object.request (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/node_modules/agent-base/patch-core.js:23:20)
at WebSocketClient.connect (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/node_modules/websocket/lib/WebSocketClient.js:254:56)
at new W3CWebSocket (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/node_modules/websocket/lib/W3CWebSocket.js:62:18)
at ProvidersModuleFactory.createWebsocketProvider (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/node_modules/web3-providers/dist/web3-providers.cjs.js:1262:22)
at new WebsocketProvider$1 (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/node_modules/web3-providers/dist/web3-providers.cjs.js:1328:39)
at Object. (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/Routes/v1/spectrum/util/scanForTransactionETH.js:25:23)
at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
at Function._load (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/node_modules/@sentry/node/dist/integrations/console.js:41:47)
at Module.require (module.js:597:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (/Users/gmaister/Desktop/workspace/Carbon/carbon.js/Routes/v1/spectrum/index.js:20:44)
at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)

Failed Code Snippet

const networkToUseWS = wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws;
console.log(chalk.magenta('url: ', networkToUseWS));
const web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider(networkToUseWS));

Versions

• web3.js: 1.0.0.beta.52
• nodejs: v8.12.0

[nivida]

Could you create a repository to reproduce this?

[gmaijoe]

@nivida i added you to our repo (branch is "spectrum")

[nivida]

Could you add the URL of the repository here?

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