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
WHATWG HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'onmessage' in that specification.
Living Standard Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
EventSource support 6 No support 6.0 (6.0) No support (Yes) 5
Available in shared and dedicated workers[1] (Yes) No support 53.0 (53.0) No support (Yes) (Yes)
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
EventSource support 4.4 45 No support 12 4.1
Available in shared and dedicated workers[1] (Yes) 53.0 (53.0) No support (Yes) (Yes)

[1] But not service workers as yet.

See also

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