The onmessage
property of the EventSource
interface is an EventHandler
called when a message
event is received, that is when a message is coming from the source.
Event objects of onmessage
event handers are of type MessageEvent
.
Syntax
eventSource.onmessage = function
Examples
evtSource.onmessage = function(e) { var newElement = document.createElement("li"); newElement.textContent = "message: " + e.data; eventList.appendChild(newElement); }
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 'onmessage' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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onmessage | 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