How To Use Server-Sent Events in Node.js to Build a Realtime App

Published on November 18, 2019 · Updated on March 22, 2021

Node.js

By Sebastián Alvarez

How To Use Server-Sent Events in Node.js to Build a Realtime App

Introduction

Server-Sent Events (SSE) is a technology based on HTTP. On the client-side, it provides an API called EventSource (part of the HTML5 standard) that allows us to connect to the server and receive updates from it.

Before making the decision to use server-sent events, we must take into account two very important aspects:

It only allows data reception from the server (unidirectional)

Events are limited to UTF-8 (no binary data)

WebSockets .

In this article, you will build a complete solution for both the backend and frontend to handle real-time information flowing from server to client. The server will be in charge of dispatching new updates to all connected clients and the web app will connect to the server, receive these updates and display them.

Prerequisites

How to Install Node.js and Create a Local Development Environment .

Familiarity with Express.

Familiarity with React (and hooks ).

cURL is used to verify the endpoints. This may already be available in your environment or you may need to install it. Some familiarity with using command-line tools and options will also be helpful.

This tutorial was verified with cURL v7.64.1, Node v15.3.0, npm v7.4.0, express v4.17.1, body-parser v1.19.0, cors v2.8.5, and react v17.0.1.

Step 1 – Building the SSE Express Backend

mkdir node-sse-example
Navigate to the newly created project directory:
cd node-sse-example
Next, create a new server directory:
mkdir sse-server
Navigate to the newly created server directory:
cd sse-server
Initialize a new npm project:
npm init -y
Install express, body-parser, and cors:
npm install express@4.17.1 body-parser@1.19.0 cors@2.8.5 --save
This completes setting up dependencies for the backend.
In this section, you will develop the backend of the application. It will need to support these features:
Keeping track of open connections and broadcast changes when new facts are added
GET /events endpoint to register for updates
POST /facts endpoint for new facts
GET /status endpoint to know how many clients have connected
cors middleware to allow connections from the frontend app
Use the first terminal session that is in the sse-server directory. Create a new server.js file:
Open the server.js file in your code editor. Require the needed modules and initialize Express app:
sse-server/server.js
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const cors = require('cors');
const app = express();
app.use(cors());
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
app.get('/status', (request, response) => response.json({clients: clients.length}));
const PORT = 3000;
let clients = [];
let facts = [];
app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Facts Events service listening at http://localhost:${PORT}`)
Then, build the middleware for GET requests to the /events endpoint. Add the following lines of the code to server.js:
sse-server/server.js
// ...
function eventsHandler(request, response, next) {
  const headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache'
  response.writeHead(200, headers);




    

  const data = `data: ${JSON.stringify(facts)}\n\n`;
  response.write(data);
  const clientId = Date.now();
  const newClient = {
    id: clientId,
    response
  clients.push(newClient);
  request.on('close', () => {
    console.log(`${clientId} Connection closed`);
    clients = clients.filter(client => client.id !== clientId);
  });
app.get('/events', eventsHandler);
The eventsHandler middleware receives the request and response objects that Express provides.
Headers are required to keep the connection open. The Content-Type header is set to 'text/event-stream' and the Connection header is set to 'keep-alive'. The Cache-Control header is optional, set to 'no-cache'. Additionally, the HTTP Status is set to 200 - the status code for a successful request.
After a client opens a connection, the facts are turned into a string. Because this is a text-based transport you must stringify the array, also to fulfill the standard the message needs a specific format. This code declares a field called data and sets to it the stringified array. The last detail of note is the double trailing newline \n\n is mandatory to indicate the end of an event.
A clientId is generated based on the timestamp and the response Express object. These are saved to the clients array. When a client closes a connection, the array of clients is updated to filter out that client.
Then, build the middleware for POST requests to the /fact endpoint. Add the following lines of the code to server.js:
sse-server/server.js
// ...
function sendEventsToAll(newFact) {
  clients.forEach(client => client.response.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(newFact)}\n\n`))
async function addFact(request, respsonse, next) {
  const newFact = request.body;
  facts.push(newFact);
  respsonse.json(newFact)
  return sendEventsToAll(newFact);
app.post('/fact', addFact);
The main goal of the server is to keep all clients connected and informed when new facts are added. The addNest middleware saves the fact, returns it to the client which made POST request, and invokes the sendEventsToAll function.
sendEventsToAll iterates the clients array and uses the write method of each Express response object to send the update.
Step 2 – Testing the Backend

Before the web app implementation, you can test your server using cURL:
In a terminal window, navigate to the sse-server directory in your project directory. And run the following command:
node server.js
It will display the following message:
Output
Facts Events service listening at http://localhost:3001
In a second terminal window, open a connection waiting for updates with the following command:
curl -H Accept:text/event-stream http://localhost:3001/events
This will generate the following response:
Output
data: []
An empty array.
In a third terminal window, create a post POST request to add a new fact with the following command:
curl -X POST \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"info": "Shark teeth are embedded in the gums rather than directly affixed to the jaw, and are constantly replaced throughout life.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark"}'\
 -s http://localhost:3001/fact
After the POST request, the second terminal window should update with the new fact:
Output
data: {"info": "Shark teeth are embedded in the gums rather than directly affixed to the jaw, and are constantly replaced throughout life.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark"}
Now the facts array is populated with one item if you close the communication on the second tab and open it again:
curl -H Accept:text/event-stream http://localhost:3001/events
Instead of an empty array, you should now receive a message with this new item:
Output
data: [{"info": "Shark teeth are embedded in the gums rather than directly affixed to the jaw, and are constantly replaced throughout life.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark"}]
At this point, the backend is fully functional. It is now time to implement the EventSource API on the frontend.
Step 3 – Building the React Web App Frontend

In this part of our project, you will write a React app that uses the EventSource API.
The web app will have the following set of features:
Open and keep a connection to our previously developed server

Render a table with the initial data
Keep the table updated via SSE
Now, open a new terminal window and navigate to the project directory. Use create-react-app to generate a React App.
npx create-react-app sse-client
Navigate to the newly created client directory:




    

cd sse-client
Run the client application:
npm start
This should open a new browser window with your new React application. This completes setting up dependencies for the frontend.
For styling, open the App.css file in your code editor. And modify the contents with the following lines of code:
sse-client/src/App.css
body {
  color: #555;
  font-size: 25px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  margin: 0 auto;
  max-width: 50em;
  padding: 4em 1em;
.stats-table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
.stats-table tbody tr:hover {
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
Then, open the App.js file in your code editor. And modify the contents with the following lines of code:
sse-client/src/App.js
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import './App.css';
function App() {
  const [ facts, setFacts ] = useState([]);
  const [ listening, setListening ] = useState(false);
  useEffect( () => {
    if (!listening) {
      const events = new EventSource('http://localhost:3001/events');
      events.onmessage = (event) => {
        const parsedData = JSON.parse(event.data);
        setFacts((facts) => facts.concat(parsedData));
      setListening(true);
  }, [listening, facts]);
  return (
    <table className="stats-table">
      <thead>
          <th>Fact</th>
          <th>Source</th>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
          facts.map((fact, i) =>
            <tr key={i}>
              <td>{fact.info}</td>
              <td>{fact.source}</td>
      </tbody>
    </table>
export default App;
The useEffect function argument contains the important parts: an EventSource object with the /events endpoint and an onmessage method where the data property of the event is parsed.
Unlike the cURL response, you now have the event as an object. You can now take the data property and parse it giving, as a result, a valid JSON object.
Finally, this code pushes the new fact to the list of facts, and the table gets re-rendered.
Step 4 – Testing the Frontend

Now, try adding a new fact.
In a terminal window, run the following command:
curl -X POST \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"info": "Shark teeth are embedded in the gums rather than directly affixed to the jaw, and are constantly replaced throughout life.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark"}'\
 -s http://localhost:3001/fact
The POST request added a new fact and all the connected clients should have received it. If you check the application in the browser you will have a new row with this information.
Conclusion

This article served as an introduction to server-sent events. In this article, you built a complete solution for both the backend and frontend to handle real-time information flowing from server to client.
SSE were designed for text-based and unidirectional transport. Here’s the current support for EventSource in browsers.
Continue your learning by exploring all of the features available to EventSource like retry.


       
        
         
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
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                                      for those who are in the TLDR category, I put a repo of the working code here, i changed port 3001 to 3000
                                      
                                       https://github.com/bradenripple5/node-sse-example
                                      
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
           
          
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
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                                      “After the POST request, the second terminal window should update with the new fact”
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                      It should but it doesn’t. The list remain empty
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
           
          
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
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                                      The provided example is just too trivial and can’t be directly applied to any real production application. What if you have multiple server instances and a load-balancer? What if you need to send events from server-side workers?
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
           
          
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
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                                      If you’re seeing double connections from the client, that’s useEffect running twice because of React Strict mode, which is on in dev by default
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                      StrictMode renders components twice (on dev but not production) in order to detect any problems with your code and warn you about them (which can be quite useful).
                                     
                                     
                                      You can remove the strict mode tags from index.js.
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
           
          
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
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                                      How this exact example can be done if node application has more than 1 process. Let’s say that application works in pm2 cluster mode.
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
           
          
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
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                                      Correct me if I’m missing something, but it seems that async and next should both be removed from the addFact() declaration because there is no await nor next() within the function.
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
             
            
           
          
          
           
            
             
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     
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                                      bodyParser is now deprecated and its functionality is now included in Express, so the require(‘body-parser’) line needs to be deleted and these lines:
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                   
                  
                 
                
               
              
              
               
                
                 
                  
                   
                    
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                  
                                   
                                    
                                     app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
Change to:
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: false}));
Also the listen port is set to 3000, but all the port references after that are 3001.
And there’s a typo re: respsonse in function addFact.