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Server-Sent Events is a W3C Recommendation

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Published:: 2 February 2015

The Web Applications Working Group has published a W3C Recommendation of Server-Sent Events. This specification defines an API for opening an HTTP connection for receiving push notifications from a server in the form of DOM events. The API is designed in a way that it can be extended to work with other push notification schemes such as Push SMS. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

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