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

Your while loop is probably locking up your thread. Try using:

setTimeout(function(){
    if(socket.readyState === 0) {
        //do nothing
    } else if (socket.readyState !=1) {
        //fallback
        setInterval(poll, interval);
    }
}, 50);