docs: def connect(token, protocol=RtmProtocol, factory=WebSocketClientFactory, factory_kwargs=None, api_url=None, debug=False):
  	"""
  	Creates a new connection to the Slack Real-Time API.
  
  	Returns (connection) which represents this connection to the API server.
  
  	"""
  	if factory_kwargs is None:
  		factory_kwargs = dict()
  
  	metadata = request_session(token, api_url)
  	wsfactory = factory(metadata.url, **factory_kwargs)
  	if debug:
  		warnings.warn('debug=True has been deprecated in autobahn 0.14.0')
  
  	wsfactory.protocol = lambda *a,**k: protocol(*a,**k)._seedMetadata(metadata)
  	connection = connectWS(wsfactory)
  	return connection