Server Sent Event / EventSource with node.js (express)

Question

I\'m trying to send JSON data to the browser with SSE but I can\'t seem to get it right and I don\'t know why.

Server side looks like this:

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Answer 1

Try sending proper JSON (testdata isn't quoted in your output):

res.write('data: {"msg": "'+ testdata +'"}\n\n');

But preferably:

res.write('data: ' + JSON.stringify({ msg : testdata }) + '\n\n');