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EventSource: close() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨January 2020⁩.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

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.

Syntax

close()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

const button = document.querySelector("button");
const evtSource = new EventSource("sse.php");

button.onclick = () => {
  console.log("Connection closed");
  evtSource.close();
};

Note: You can find a full example on GitHub — see Simple SSE demo using PHP.

Specifications

Specification
HTML> # dom-eventsource-close-dev>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`close`	6	79	6	12	5	18	45	12	5	1.0	4.4	5