---
title: "Using Server-Sent Events (SSE) to Stream Data in Rails"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-server-sent-events-sse-to-stream-data-in-rails-jpw6yljte
source_url: https://pragmaticpineapple.com/using-server-sent-events-to-stream-data-in-rails/
type: article
source: "Pragmatic Pineapple"
author: "Nikola Đuza"
published: 2023-07-26T19:04:00.773Z
updated: 2023-07-27T16:00:06.213Z
tags: ["javascript", "rails"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 2
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# Using Server-Sent Events (SSE) to Stream Data in Rails

**[Pragmatic Pineapple](https://daily.dev/sources/pragmaticpineapple)** · [@nikolalsvk](https://daily.dev/nikolalsvk) · 9 min read · 2 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

Using Server-Sent Events (SSE) to Stream Data in Rails, we show how to use server-sent events to stream data from the server to the client. SSE is designed for a unidirectional data flow. There is no communication from the client to the server other than the initial request.

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**@nikolalsvk** · 0 upvotes

> Have you ever used SSE?

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