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

1$ npm install @rexxars/eventsource-polyfill

Usage (through bundler)

1const EventSource =
2  typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.EventSource
3    ? window.EventSource
4    : require('@rexxars/eventsource-polyfill')
5
6const es = new EventSource('/my-es-endpoint')

Usage (drop-in script)

1<script src="https://unpkg.com/@rexxars/eventsource-polyfill"></script>
2<script>
3  var es = new EventSource('/my-es-endpoint')
4</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.