--- title: How to Use Server-sent Events in Node.js — SitePoint description: This post explores how to use server-sent events in Node.js for enabling automatic updates from a server to a client via an HTTP connection. It discusses the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-server-sent-events-in-node-js-sitepoint-z4fmnw8iu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Use Server-sent Events in Node.js — SitePoint | daily.dev og:description: This post explores how to use server-sent events in Node.js for enabling automatic updates from a server to a client via an HTTP connection. 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Server-sent events provide a simpler and more lightweight alternative to Ajax polling for live data updates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ardelon** · 1 upvotes > Very insightful post. Accompanied by websockets, it can be ovelooked easily. But a developer should know the tools under his hands even though he is not using that tool much. I will be considering to try in my projects in order to learn. 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