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HTML5 Server-Sent-Events for Go

SSE - Server-Sent Events

HTML5 Server-Sent Events for Go

Why you should use Server-Sent-Events

• No need to implement custom protocol (WebSockets), it just uses HTTP
• Convenient JavaScript API, fires easy to handle Events
• Auto-Reconnects
• Unlike WebSockets, only unidirectional (server -> client)

ToDo

• ID handling
• Improve Client Channel buffering

Further Readings

• http://www.w3.org/TR/eventsource/
• http://html5doctor.com/server-sent-events/
• http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/eventsource/basics/
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events