The close() method of the EventSource interface closes the connection, if one is made, and sets the EventSource.readyState attribute to 2 (closed).
Note: If the connection is already closed, the method does nothing.
EventSource.close()
Syntax
close()
Parameters
None.
Return value
Void.
Examples
var button = document.querySelector('button'); var evtSource = new EventSource('sse.php'); button.onclick = function() { console.log('Connection closed'); evtSource.close(); }
Note: You can find a full example on GitHub — see Simple SSE demo using PHP.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-eventsource-close-dev |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
close |
6
|
79
|
6
|
No
|
12
|
5
|
4.4
|
18
|
45
|
12
|
5
|
1.0
|
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource/close
