If you where running an app that depended on the now defunct steemd.steemit.com WebSocket RPC you can run a copy of lineman. It will proxy the new api.steemit.com HTTP RPC to WebSockets for you.
Running in a docker container it is as simple as: docker run -p 8080:8080 -it jnordberg/lineman
And now you have a steemd.steemit.com replacement running on ws:// where you can point your app.
https://github.com/steemit/lineman