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# EventSource [](http://travis-ci.org/aslakhellesoy/eventsource-node) [](https://david-dm.org/aslakhellesoy/eventsource-node) [](https://bitdeli.com/free "Bitdeli Badge")
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[](https://nodei.co/npm/eventsource/)
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[](https://nodei.co/npm/eventsource/)
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This library implements the [EventSource](http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/) client for Node.js. The API aims to be W3C compatible.
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## Install
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npm install eventsource
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## Usage
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```javascript
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var EventSource = require('eventsource');
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var es = new EventSource('http://demo-eventsource.rhcloud.com/');
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es.onmessage = function(e) {
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console.log(e.data);
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};
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es.onerror = function() {
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console.log('ERROR!');
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};
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```
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See the [spec](http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/) for API docs.
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## Example
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See https://github.com/einaros/sse-example
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## Extensions to the W3C API
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### Setting HTTP request headers
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You can define custom HTTP headers for the initial HTTP request. This can be useful for e.g. sending cookies
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or to specify an initial `Last-Event-ID` value.
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HTTP headers are defined by assigning a `headers` attribute to the optional `eventSourceInitDict` argument:
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```javascript
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var eventSourceInitDict = {headers: {'Cookie': 'test=test'}};
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var es = new EventSource(url, eventSourceInitDict);
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```
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### Allow unauthorized HTTPS requests
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By default, https requests that cannot be authorized will cause connection to fail and an exception
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to be emitted. You can override this behaviour:
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```javascript
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var eventSourceInitDict = {rejectUnauthorized: false};
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var es = new EventSource(url, eventSourceInitDict);
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```
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Note that for Node.js < v0.10.x this option has no effect - unauthorized HTTPS requests are *always* allowed.
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### HTTP status code on error events
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Unauthorized and redirect error status codes (for example 401, 403, 301, 307) are available in the `status` property in the error event.
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```javascript
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es.onerror = function (err) {
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if (err) {
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if (err.status === 401 || err.status === 403) {
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console.log('not authorized');
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}
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}
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};
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```
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