Using the addEventListener()
method:
Server-Sent Events are not supported in Internet Explorer.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1 id="myH1"></h1> <div id="myDIV"></div> <script> if(typeof(EventSource) !== "undefined") { var source = new EventSource("/html/demo_sse.php"); source.addEventListener("open", function() { document.getElementById("myH1").innerHTML = "Getting server updates"; });/*from w w w . j a va 2s . c o m*/ source.addEventListener("message", function(event) { document.getElementById("myDIV").innerHTML += event.data + "<br>"; }); } else { document.getElementById("myDIV").innerHTML = "Sorry, your browser does not support server-sent events..."; } </script> </body> </html>