Server Sent Events

// Connecting to the server-side event stream
const evtSource = new EventSource("https://example.com/events");

// Handling generic message events
evtSource.onmessage = event => {
    console.log('got message: ' + event.data);
};

import express from 'express';
const app = express();
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;

app.get('/events', (req, res) => {
    res.writeHead(200, {
        'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
        'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
        'Connection': 'keep-alive',
    });

    const sendEvent = (data) => {
        // all message lines must be prefixed with 'data: '
        const formattedData = `data: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n`;
        res.write(formattedData);
    };

    // Send an event every 2 seconds
    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
        const message = {
            time: new Date().toTimeString(),
            message: 'Hello from the server!',
        };
        sendEvent(message);
    }, 2000);

    // Clean up when the connection is closed
    req.on('close', () => {
        clearInterval(intervalId);
        res.end();
    });
});
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on http://localhost:${PORT}`));