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> What are the benefits of SSE vs long polling? The underlying mechanism effectively is the same: A long running HTTP response stream. However long-polling com
by TimWolla 5y ago
> What are the benefits of SSE vs long polling?
The underlying mechanism effectively is the same: A long running HTTP response stream. However long-polling commonly is implemented by "silence" until an event comes in and then performing another request to wait for the next event, whereas SSE sends you multiple events per request.