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 handlers 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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See also