From b99e156600e9730152eebbf4b765b0eb96373205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nivida <samuel@ethereum.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 08:05:23 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] supportsSubscriptions method added to providers

---
 packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js | 3 +++
 packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js  | 7 +++++++
 packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js   | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
index 299cc2a2bfc..3a30675a71a 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
@@ -120,5 +120,8 @@ HttpProvider.prototype.disconnect = function () {
     //NO OP
 };
 
+HttpProvider.prototype.supportsSubscriptions = function () {
+    return false;
+};
 
 module.exports = HttpProvider;
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js
index 8e8002bbfad..7447d2a4fff 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js
@@ -311,5 +311,12 @@ IpcProvider.prototype.reset = function () {
     this.addDefaultEvents();
 };
 
+/**
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+IpcProvider.prototype.supportsSubscriptions = function () {
+    return true;
+};
+
 module.exports = IpcProvider;
 
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js
index 3142fc19bcb..650cc7207ba 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js
@@ -404,4 +404,11 @@ WebsocketProvider.prototype.disconnect = function () {
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+WebsocketProvider.prototype.supportsSubscriptions = function () {
+    return true;
+};
+
 module.exports = WebsocketProvider;

From a5fa01fb302bc1dbbec2b66f098b62b63e2ad821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nivida <samuel@ethereum.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 08:07:40 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] CHANGELOG.md updated

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30f11a60cd2..3aa8016aac0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 
 - localStorage support detection added (#3031)
 - getNetworkType method extended with Görli testnet (#3095)
+- supportsSubscriptions method added to providers (#3116)
 
 ### Fixed
 

From 56f78b501ef64b88a0c80a42bc59e71284460343 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nivida <samuel@ethereum.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 08:27:18 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] funcDocs updated for providers

---
 packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js | 6 ++++++
 packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js  | 3 +++
 packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js   | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
index 3a30675a71a..1aa75032607 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ HttpProvider.prototype.disconnect = function () {
     //NO OP
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns the desired boolean.
+ *
+ * @method supportsSubscriptions
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
 HttpProvider.prototype.supportsSubscriptions = function () {
     return false;
 };
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js
index 7447d2a4fff..e0fcdeefb70 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-ipc/src/index.js
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ IpcProvider.prototype.reset = function () {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Returns the desired boolean.
+ *
+ * @method supportsSubscriptions
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
 IpcProvider.prototype.supportsSubscriptions = function () {
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js
index 650cc7207ba..b9a271f5cd6 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/index.js
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ WebsocketProvider.prototype.disconnect = function () {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Returns the desired boolean.
+ *
+ * @method supportsSubscriptions
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
 WebsocketProvider.prototype.supportsSubscriptions = function () {