Server-Sent Events

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A server-sent event is when a web page automatically gets updates from a server.
This was also possible before, but the web page would have to ask if any updates were available. With server-sent events, the updates come automatically.
Examples: Facebook/Twitter updates, stock price updates, news feeds, sport results, etc. https://www.w3schools.com/htmL/html5_serversentevents.asp​
Receive Server-Sent Event Notifications
The EventSource object is used to receive server-sent event notifications:
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var source = new EventSource("http://localhost:8080/handler");
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source.onmessage = function(event) {
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  document.getElementById("result").innerHTML += event.data + "<br>";
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};
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Check Server-Sent Events Support
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if(typeof(EventSource) !== "undefined") {
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    // Yes! Server-sent events support!
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    // Some code.....
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} else {
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    // Sorry! No server-sent events support..
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}
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Server-Side Code Example
The server-side event stream syntax is simple. Set the "Content-Type" header to "text/event-stream". Now you can start sending event streams. The response messages starts with "data: " and ends with "\n\n".
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func handler(ctx iris.Context) {
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    // It's always recommended to first check for `Flusher`
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    // compatibility in Go, you do that with:
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    flusher, ok := ctx.ResponseWriter().Flusher()
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    if !ok {
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        ctx.StopWithText(iris.StatusHTTPVersionNotSupported, "Streaming unsupported!")
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        return
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    }
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​
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    ctx.ContentType("text/event-stream")
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    ctx.Header("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
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​
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    now := time.Now()
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    ctx.Writef("data: The server time is: %s\n\n", now)
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​
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    // Flush the data immediately instead of buffering it for later.
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    flusher.Flush()
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}
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Set the "Content-Type" header to "text/event-stream"
Specify that the page should not cache
Output the data to send (Always start with "data: ")
Flush the output data back to the web page

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Receive Server-Sent Event Notifications

Check Server-Sent Events Support

Server-Side Code Example