Server Sent Events Example

Points :

1. Start GenServer

   elixir-sse-example/lib/sse_example/application.ex

   Line 17 in ab17210

   Ticker.start_link()

2. REST API HANDLER

   elixir-sse-example/lib/sse_example_web/controllers/page_controller.ex

   Line 12 in ab17210

   def show(conn, _params) do

3. return some data from database, etc from

   elixir-sse-example/lib/sse_example_web/helpers/ticker.ex

   Line 40 in ab17210

   defp fetch_rates do

4. new data with automatically published to client (if point 2 only return static data, the data will not sent to client)

To start your Phoenix server:

• Install dependencies with mix deps.get
• Install Node.js dependencies with cd assets && npm install
• Start Phoenix endpoint with mix phx.server

Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.

Ready to run in production? Please check our deployment guides.

Learn more

• Official website: http://www.phoenixframework.org/
• Guides: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html
• Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix
• Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/phoenix-talk
• Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix