EventSource: open event - Web APIs | MDN (original) (raw)

Baseline

Widely available

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The open event of the EventSource interface is fired when a connection with an event source is opened.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("open", (event) => { })

onopen = (event) => { }

Event type

Examples

const evtSource = new EventSource("sse.php");

// addEventListener version
evtSource.addEventListener("open", (e) => {
  console.log("The connection has been established.");
});

// onopen version
evtSource.onopen = (e) => {
  console.log("The connection has been established.");
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also