EventSource

Also called Server-sent Events, these are push notifications from the server received as DOM events.

Demo

• http://simpl.info/eventsource/

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default in:

• Chrome for desktop release 6
• Opera release 9
• Opera for Android release 10

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: Shipped
• Web Developers: No signals

Owner

• ?@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14