EventSource Polyfill

Forked from amvtek/EventSource. See fork modification for more details.

Provide polyfill to support EventSource in browser where it is not available.

• Used in production
• Tested in Internet Explorer 8 +
• Tested in Android browser 2.1 +
• [Documented][]
• Run the [Browser test suite][]

Installing

$ npm install @rexxars/eventsource-polyfill

Usage (through bundler)

const EventSource =
  typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.EventSource
    ? window.EventSource
    : require('@rexxars/eventsource-polyfill')

const es = new EventSource('/my-es-endpoint')

Usage (drop-in script)

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@rexxars/eventsource-polyfill"></script>
<script>
  var es = new EventSource('/my-es-endpoint')
</script>

Fork modifications

• New package name: @rexxars/eventsource-polyfill
• UMD module definition - CommonJS, AMD and browser globals
• Fixed a few global variable leaks-
• Check for window.location before usage (fixes react native crashing)
• Stop dispatching events after closed

License

MIT-licensed. See LICENSE.