diff --git a/TwitchIrcClient/PubSub/Message/PubSubMessage.cs b/TwitchIrcClient/PubSub/Message/PubSubMessage.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+
+namespace TwitchIrcClient.PubSub.Message
+{
+    public class PubSubMessage : IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>
+    {
+        private readonly JsonObject Node;
+        public string TypeString
+        {
+            get => (Node["type"] ?? throw new InvalidDataException()).ToJsonString();
+            set
+            {
+                Node["type"] = value;
+            }
+        }
+        //PING and PONG messages don't seem to have any data member
+        public string? DataString =>
+            Node["data"]?.ToJsonString();
+        public string? Nonce
+        {
+            get => Node["nonce"]?.ToJsonString();
+            set
+            {
+                Node["nonce"] = value;
+            }
+        }
+        private PubSubMessage(JsonObject node)
+        {
+            Node = node;
+        }
+        public PubSubMessage() : this(new JsonObject())
+        {
+
+        }
+        public string Serialize()
+        {
+            return Node.ToJsonString();
+        }
+        public static PubSubMessage Parse(string s)
+        {
+            var obj = JsonNode.Parse(s)
+                      ?? throw new InvalidDataException();
+            var psm = new PubSubMessage(obj as JsonObject
+                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException());
+            return psm;
+        }
+        public static PubSubMessage PING()
+        {
+            return new PubSubMessage
+            {
+                ["type"] = "PING",
+            };
+        }
+
+        #region IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>
+        public ICollection<string> Keys => ((IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>)Node).Keys;
+
+        public ICollection<JsonNode?> Values => ((IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>)Node).Values;
+
+        public int Count => Node.Count;
+
+        public bool IsReadOnly => ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?>>)Node).IsReadOnly;
+
+        public JsonNode? this[string key] { get => ((IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>)Node)[key]; set => ((IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>)Node)[key] = value; }
+
+        
+
+        public void Add(string key, JsonNode? value)
+        {
+            Node.Add(key, value);
+        }
+
+        public bool ContainsKey(string key)
+        {
+            return Node.ContainsKey(key);
+        }
+
+        public bool Remove(string key)
+        {
+            return Node.Remove(key);
+        }
+
+        public bool TryGetValue(string key, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out JsonNode? value)
+        {
+            return ((IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>)Node).TryGetValue(key, out value);
+        }
+
+        public void Add(KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?> item)
+        {
+            Node.Add(item);
+        }
+
+        public void Clear()
+        {
+            Node.Clear();
+        }
+
+        public bool Contains(KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?> item)
+        {
+            return ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?>>)Node).Contains(item);
+        }
+
+        public void CopyTo(KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?>[] array, int arrayIndex)
+        {
+            ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?>>)Node).CopyTo(array, arrayIndex);
+        }
+
+        public bool Remove(KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?> item)
+        {
+            return ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?>>)Node).Remove(item);
+        }
+
+        public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string, JsonNode?>> GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return Node.GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return ((IEnumerable)Node).GetEnumerator();
+        }
+        #endregion //IDictionary<string, JsonNode?>
+    }
+}
diff --git a/TwitchIrcClient/PubSub/PubSubCallbackItem.cs b/TwitchIrcClient/PubSub/PubSubCallbackItem.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using TwitchIrcClient.PubSub.Message;
+
+namespace TwitchIrcClient.PubSub
+{
+    public delegate void PubSubCallback(PubSubMessage message, PubSubConnection connection);
+    public record struct PubSubCallbackItem(PubSubCallback Callback, IList<string>? Types)
+    {
+        public readonly bool MaybeRunCallback(PubSubMessage message, PubSubConnection connection)
+        {
+            if (Types is null || Types.Contains(message.TypeString))
+            {
+                Callback?.Invoke(message, connection);
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/TwitchIrcClient/PubSub/PubSubConnection.cs b/TwitchIrcClient/PubSub/PubSubConnection.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Net.Security;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Net.WebSockets;
+using System.Reflection.Metadata.Ecma335;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Web;
+using TwitchIrcClient.PubSub.Message;
+
+namespace TwitchIrcClient.PubSub
+{
+    public sealed class PubSubConnection : IDisposable
+    {
+        //private TcpClient Client = new();
+        //private SslStream SslStream;
+        //private WebSocket Socket;
+        private ClientWebSocket Socket = new();
+        private CancellationTokenSource TokenSource = new();
+        private string? ClientId;
+        private string? AuthToken;
+        private DateTime? AuthExpiration;
+
+        public string RefreshToken { get; private set; }
+
+        public PubSubConnection()
+        {
+
+        }
+        //this needs to be locked for thread-safety
+        public async Task SendMessageAsync(string message)
+        {
+            await Socket.SendAsync(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message), WebSocketMessageType.Text,
+                WebSocketMessageFlags.EndOfMessage | WebSocketMessageFlags.DisableCompression,
+                TokenSource.Token);
+        }
+        public async Task SendMessageAsync(PubSubMessage message)
+        {
+            await SendMessageAsync(message.Serialize());
+        }
+        public async Task<bool> ConnectAsync()
+        {
+            const string url = "wss://pubsub-edge.twitch.tv";
+            await Socket.ConnectAsync(new Uri(url), TokenSource.Token);
+            if (Socket.State != WebSocketState.Open)
+                return false;
+            _ = Task.Run(HandlePings, TokenSource.Token);
+            _ = Task.Run(HandleIncomingMessages, TokenSource.Token);
+            return true;
+        }
+        public async Task<bool> GetImplicitTokenAsync(string clientId, string clientSecret,
+            IEnumerable<string> scopes)
+        {
+            const int PORT = 17563;
+            using var listener = new TcpListener(System.Net.IPAddress.Any, PORT);
+            listener.Start();
+            //using var client = new HttpClient();
+            var scopeString = string.Join(' ', scopes);
+            var stateNonce = MakeNonce();
+            var url = $"https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/authorize" +
+                $"?response_type=code" +
+                $"&client_id={HttpUtility.UrlEncode(clientId)}" +
+                $"&redirect_uri=http://localhost:{PORT}" +
+                $"&scope={HttpUtility.UrlEncode(scopeString)}" +
+                $"&state={stateNonce}";
+            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo()
+            {
+                //FileName = "explorer",
+                //Arguments = url,
+                FileName = url,
+                UseShellExecute = true,
+            };
+            Process.Start(startInfo);
+            //Console.WriteLine(url);
+            using var socket = await listener.AcceptSocketAsync(TokenSource.Token);
+            var arr = new byte[2048];
+            var buffer = new ArraySegment<byte>(arr);
+            var count = await socket.ReceiveAsync(buffer, TokenSource.Token);
+            var http204 = "HTTP/1.1 204 No Content\r\n\r\n";
+            var sentCount = await socket.SendAsync(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(http204));
+            var resp = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(arr, 0, count);
+            var dict =
+                //get the first line of HTTP response
+                HttpUtility.UrlDecode(resp.Split("\r\n").First()
+                //extract location component (trim leading /?)
+                .Split(' ').ElementAt(1)[2..])
+                //make a dictionary
+                .Split('&').Select(s =>
+                {
+                    var p = s.Split('=');
+                    return new KeyValuePair<string, string>(p[0], p[1]);
+                }).ToDictionary();
+            if (dict["state"] != stateNonce)
+                return false;
+            var payload = DictToBody(new Dictionary<string,string>
+            {
+                ["client_id"] = clientId,
+                ["client_secret"] = clientSecret,
+                ["code"] = dict["code"],
+                ["grant_type"] = "authorization_code",
+                ["redirect_uri"] = $"http://localhost:{PORT}",
+            });
+            var client = new HttpClient();
+            var startTime = DateTime.Now;
+            var httpResp = await client.PostAsync("https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token",
+                new StringContent(payload, new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")));
+            if (httpResp is null)
+                return false;
+            if (httpResp.Content is null)
+                return false;
+            if (!httpResp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                return false;
+            var respStr = await httpResp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            var json = JsonNode.Parse(respStr);
+            string authToken;
+            double expiresIn;
+            string refreshToken;
+            if ((json?["access_token"]?.AsValue().TryGetValue(out authToken) ?? false)
+                && (json?["expires_in"]?.AsValue().TryGetValue(out expiresIn) ?? false)
+                && (json?["refresh_token"]?.AsValue().TryGetValue(out refreshToken) ?? false))
+            {
+                AuthToken = authToken;
+                RefreshToken = refreshToken;
+                AuthExpiration = startTime.AddSeconds(expiresIn);
+                ClientId = clientId;
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+        private static string DictToBody(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string,string>> dict)
+        {
+            return string.Join('&', dict.Select(p =>
+                HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p.Key) + '=' + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p.Value)));
+        }
+        public async Task<bool> GetDcfTokenAsync(string clientId, IEnumerable<string> scopes)
+        {
+            using var client = new HttpClient();
+            var scopeString = string.Join(',', scopes);
+            var startTime = DateTime.Now;
+            var resp = await client.PostAsync("https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/device",
+                new StringContent($"client_id={clientId}&scopes={scopeString}",
+                MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")));
+            if (resp is null)
+                return false;
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                return false;
+            if (resp.Content is null)
+                return false;
+            var contentString = await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            var json = JsonNode.Parse(contentString);
+            if (json is null)
+                return false;
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+        public async Task<bool> GetTokenAsync(string clientId, string clientSecret)
+        {
+            using var client = new HttpClient();
+            var startTime = DateTime.Now;
+            var resp = await client.PostAsync($"https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token" +
+                $"?client_id={clientId}&client_secret={clientSecret}" +
+                $"&grant_type=client_credentials", null);
+            if (resp is null)
+                return false;
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                return false;
+            if (resp.Content is null)
+                return false;
+            var json = JsonNode.Parse(await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
+            if (json is null)
+                return false;
+            var authToken = json["access_token"]?.GetValue<string>();
+            var expiresIn = json["expires_in"]?.GetValue<double>();
+            if (authToken is string token && expiresIn is double expires)
+            {
+                ClientId = clientId;
+                AuthToken = token;
+                AuthExpiration = startTime.AddSeconds(expires);
+            }
+            else
+                return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+        public async Task SubscribeAsync(IEnumerable<string> topics)
+        {
+            var psm = new PubSubMessage
+            {
+                ["type"] = "LISTEN",
+                ["data"] = new JsonObject
+                {
+                    //TODO there's probably a cleaner way to do this
+                    ["topics"] = new JsonArray(topics.Select(t => (JsonValue)t).ToArray()),
+                    ["auth_token"] = AuthToken,
+                },
+                ["nonce"] = MakeNonce(),
+            };
+            await SendMessageAsync(psm);
+        }
+        //TODO change or dupe this to get multiple at once
+        public async Task<string?> GetChannelIdFromNameAsync(string channelName)
+        {
+            using var client = new HttpClient();
+            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {AuthToken}");
+            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Client-Id", ClientId);
+            var resp = await client.GetAsync($"https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?login={channelName}");
+            if (resp is null)
+                return null;
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                return null;
+            if (resp.Content is null)
+                return null;
+            var json = JsonNode.Parse(await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
+            if (json is null)
+                return null;
+            var arr = json["data"];
+            if (arr is null)
+                return null;
+            JsonArray jarr;
+            try
+            {
+                jarr = arr.AsArray();
+            }
+            catch (InvalidOperationException)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+            var item = jarr.SingleOrDefault();
+            if (item is null)
+                return null;
+            return item["id"]?.ToString();
+        }
+        private static string MakeNonce(int length = 16)
+        {
+            var buffer = new byte[length * 2];
+            Random.Shared.NextBytes(buffer);
+            return Convert.ToHexString(buffer);
+        }
+        private AutoResetEvent PingResetEvent = new(false);
+        private async Task HandlePings()
+        {
+            //send ping every <5 minutes
+            //wait until pong or >10 seconds
+            //raise error if necessary
+            AddSystemCallback(new PubSubCallbackItem(
+                (m, s) =>
+                {
+                    s.PingResetEvent.Set();
+                }, ["PONG"]));
+            while (true)
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(4 * Jitter(0.05)));
+                await SendMessageAsync(PubSubMessage.PING());
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+                if (!PingResetEvent.WaitOne(0))
+                {
+                    //timeout
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        private async void HandleIncomingMessages()
+        {
+            string s = "";
+            while (true)
+            {
+                var buffer = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[4096]);
+                var result = await Socket.ReceiveAsync(buffer, TokenSource.Token);
+                s += Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer.Take(result.Count).ToArray());
+                if (result.EndOfMessage)
+                {
+                    IncomingMessage(PubSubMessage.Parse(s));
+                    s = "";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        private void IncomingMessage(PubSubMessage message)
+        {
+            RunCallbacks(message);
+        }
+        private void RunCallbacks(PubSubMessage message)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(message);
+            if (disposedValue)
+                return;
+            lock (SystemCallbacks)
+                SystemCallbacks.ForEach(c => c.MaybeRunCallback(message, this));
+            lock (UserCallbacks)
+                UserCallbacks.ForEach(c => c.MaybeRunCallback(message, this));
+        }
+        private readonly List<PubSubCallbackItem> UserCallbacks = [];
+        public void AddCallback(PubSubCallbackItem callback)
+        {
+            ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(disposedValue, this);
+            lock (UserCallbacks)
+                UserCallbacks.Add(callback);
+        }
+        public bool RemoveCallback(PubSubCallbackItem callback)
+        {
+            ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(disposedValue, this);
+            lock (UserCallbacks)
+                return UserCallbacks.Remove(callback);
+        }
+        private readonly List<PubSubCallbackItem> SystemCallbacks = [];
+        private void AddSystemCallback(PubSubCallbackItem callback)
+        {
+            ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(disposedValue, this);
+            lock (SystemCallbacks)
+                SystemCallbacks.Add(callback);
+        }
+        private bool RemoveSystemCallback(PubSubCallbackItem callback)
+        {
+            ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(disposedValue, this);
+            lock (SystemCallbacks)
+                return SystemCallbacks.Remove(callback);
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// produces a number between -limit and limit
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="limit"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private static double Jitter(double limit)
+        {
+            return (Random.Shared.NextDouble() - 0.5) * 2 * limit;
+        }
+        #region Dispose
+        private bool disposedValue;
+        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (!disposedValue)
+            {
+                if (disposing)
+                {
+                    //Client?.Dispose();
+                    //SslStream?.Dispose();
+                    Socket?.Dispose();
+                }
+                disposedValue = true;
+            }
+        }
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            Dispose(disposing: true);
+            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+        }
+        #endregion //Dispose
+    }
+}