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+// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// Contains a wrapper for the Whisper client.
+
+package geth
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/shhclient"
+)
+
+// WhisperClient provides access to the Ethereum APIs.
+type WhisperClient struct {
+	client *shhclient.Client
+}
+
+// NewWhisperClient connects a client to the given URL.
+func NewWhisperClient(rawurl string) (client *WhisperClient, _ error) {
+	rawClient, err := shhclient.Dial(rawurl)
+	return &WhisperClient{rawClient}, err
+}
+
+// Version returns the Whisper sub-protocol version.
+func (ec *WhisperClient) Version(ctx *Context) (version string, _ error) {
+	rawVersion, err := ec.client.Version(ctx.context)
+	return string(rawVersion), err
+}