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EventSource.onmessage

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 compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

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 ?

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource/onmessage