How to wait for a WebSocket's readyState to change

Question

I\'m trying to implement a WebSocket with a fallback to polling. If the WebSocket connection succeeds, readyState becomes 1, but if it fails, readyState

Answer 1

Look on http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/

Search for "Event handler" and find the Table.

onopen -> open
onmessage -> message
onerror ->error
onclose ->close

function update(e){ /*Do Something*/};
var ws = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:9999/");

ws.onmessage = update;