The readyState
read-only property of the EventSource
interface returns a number representing the state of the connection.
Syntax
var myReadyState = eventSource.readyState;
Value
A number representing the state of the connection. Possible values are:
0
— connecting1
— open2
— closed
Examples
var evtSource = new EventSource('sse.php'); console.log(evtSource.readyState);
Note: You can find a full example on GitHub — see Simple SSE demo using PHP.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'readyState' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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readyState | Chrome Full support 6 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 6 | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 5 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 45 | Opera Android Full support 12 | Safari iOS Full support 5 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support