## 

`live.sideband.connect(SidebandConnectParams**kwargs)`

**** ``

Attach to an existing Live session. Do not send session.start again.

### Parameters

- `graceful_close: Optional[bool]`

  Opt in to the graceful WebSocket closing handshake when the session ends. The server may also enable this behavior by default.

### Example

```python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
client.live.sideband.connect()
```