Top "Long-polling" questions

In web programming, long-polling is an emulation of pushing data, implemented by repeated polling with delayed response.

What are Long-Polling, Websockets, Server-Sent Events (SSE) and Comet?

I have tried reading some articles, but I am not very clear on the concepts yet. Would someone like to …

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jQuery read AJAX stream incrementally?

I have read this question but it doesn't exactly answer my question. Unfortunately, it looks like things have changed in …

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Short-polling vs Long-polling for real time web applications?

I'm building a real-time web application As far as I know, the most popular choices are short-polling and long-polling. What …

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Differences between websockets and long polling for turn based game server

I am writing a server for an iOS game. The game is turn based and the only time the server …

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Chrome stalls when making multiple requests to same resource?

I'm trying to implement long polling for the first time, and I'm using XMLHttpRequest objects to do it. So far, …

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how does long polling work javascript?

Hi I understand that in long polling you keep the connection with the server open for long till you a …

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How to determine server disconnection from SignalR client?

The question is how can SignalR JavaScript client detect when connection with server is lost? Thanks for any reply!

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What is a RESTful way of monitoring a REST resource for changes?

If there is a REST resource that I want to monitor for changes or modifications from other clients, what is …

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Chrome's loading indicator keeps spinning during XMLHttpRequest

I'm writing an AJAX web app that uses Comet/Long Polling to keep the web page up to date, and …

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Disable ajaxStart() and ajaxStop() for a specific request

I am using .ajaxStart() and .ajaxStop() to show a modal while an ajax request is being made. (between start and …

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