The EventSource interface is used to receive server-sent events. It connects to a server over HTTP and receives events in text/event-stream format without closing the connection.

Documentation EventSource by Mozilla Contributors, licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.

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Constructor

new (url:String, ?eventSourceInitDict:EventSourceInit)

Throws:

null

DOMError

Variables

onerror:Function

Is an EventHandler being called when an error occurs and the error event is dispatched on this object.

onmessage:Function

Is an EventHandler being called when a message event is received, that is when a message is coming from the source.

onopen:Function

Is an EventHandler being called when an open event is received, that is when the connection was just opened.

read onlyreadyState:Int

An unsigned short representing the state of the connection. Possible values are CONNECTING (0), OPEN (1), or CLOSED (2).

read onlyurl:String

A DOMString representing the URL of the source.

Methods

close ():Void

Closes the connection, if any, and sets the readyState attribute to CLOSED. If the connection is already closed, the method does nothing.

Static variables

staticinline read onlyCLOSED:Int = 2

staticinline read onlyCONNECTING:Int = 0

staticinline read onlyOPEN:Int = 1

Inherited Variables

Inherited Methods

Defined by EventTarget

addEventListener (type:String, listener:Function, capture:Bool = false):Void

addEventListener (type:String, listener:EventListener, capture:Bool = false, ?wantsUntrusted:Bool):Void

Throws:

null

DOMError

dispatchEvent (event:Event):Bool

Throws:

null

DOMError

removeEventListener (type:String, listener:Function, capture:Bool = false):Void

removeEventListener (type:String, listener:EventListener, capture:Bool = false):Void

Throws:

null

DOMError