EventSource Polyfill

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

from source

Download suitable project archive (zip or tar.gz) from release page

Include in your html documents one of the following javascript file:

• dist/eventsource.js
• dist/eventsource.min.js (minified version)

Using bower package manager

To install package from bower registry, type :

bower install eventsource-polyfill

Include in your html documents one of the following javascript file:

• bower_components/eventsource-polyfill/dist/eventsource.js
• bower_components/eventsource-polyfill/dist/eventsource.min.js (minified version)

Using npm package manager

To install package from npm registry, type :

npm install eventsource-polyfill

Note that this package may only be used with in browser application.

If you are using browserify , you just have to require this package in your main module…

1// load (Polyfill) EventSource, in case browser does not support it...
2require('eventsource-polyfill');

Run the tests now

With your web browser visit this test site

Allow sufficient time ( ~ 5 minutes) for the full Test Suite to run…

Project content

dist/
built version of javascript modules

javascript/
Contains polyfill module and related unit tests

test_server/
python server which generates easy to test event stream

docs/
documentation wiki