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.
eventSource.onmessage = function
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.
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onmessage' in that specification. | Living Standard | Initial definition |
| Desktop | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
| Basic support | 6 | No | 6 | No | Yes | 5 |
| Mobile | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
| Basic support | Yes | 18 | No | 45 | 12 | 5 | ? |
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