Optional options: EventEmitterOptionsStatic Readonly captureStatic Readonly captureValue: Symbol.for('nodejs.rejection')
See how to write a custom rejection handler.
v13.4.0, v12.16.0
+v13.4.0, v12.16.0
Static captureStatic captureValue: boolean
Change the default captureRejections option on all new EventEmitter objects.
v13.4.0, v12.16.0
+v13.4.0, v12.16.0
Static defaultStatic defaultBy default, a maximum of 10 listeners can be registered for any single
event. This limit can be changed for individual EventEmitter instances
@@ -129,34 +134,34 @@ have the additional emitter, type, and countname property is set to 'MaxListenersExceededWarning'.
v0.11.2
+v0.11.2
Static Readonly errorStatic Readonly errorThis symbol shall be used to install a listener for only monitoring 'error'events. Listeners installed using this symbol are called before the regular'error' listeners are called.
Installing a listener using this symbol does not change the behavior once an'error' event is emitted. Therefore, the process will still crash if no
regular 'error' listener is installed.
v13.6.0, v12.17.0
+v13.6.0, v12.17.0
Alias for emitter.on(eventName, listener).
v0.1.26
'error' listener is installed.
Rest ...args: any[]Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event namedeventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments
to each.
Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();
// First listener
myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
});
// Second listener
myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
});
// Third listener
myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
const parameters = args.join(', ');
console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
});
console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));
myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
// Prints:
// [
// [Function: firstListener],
// [Function: secondListener],
// [Function: thirdListener]
// ]
// Helloooo! first listener
// event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
// event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener
v0.1.26
Rest ...args: any[]Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered
listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.on('foo', () => {});
myEE.on('bar', () => {});
const sym = Symbol('symbol');
myEE.on(sym, () => {});
console.log(myEE.eventNames());
// Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]
v6.0.0
Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either
set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to defaultMaxListeners.
v1.0.0
Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName.
If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found
in the list of the listeners of the event.
v3.2.0
The name of the event being listened for
-Optional listener: FunctionThe event handler function
-v3.2.0
+Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.
server.on('connection', (stream) => {
console.log('someone connected!');
});
console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
// Prints: [ [Function] ]
v0.1.26
Alias for emitter.removeListener().
v10.0.0
Rest ...args: any[]Adds the listener function to the end of the listeners array for the
event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has
@@ -327,8 +343,6 @@ times.
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.on('foo', () => console.log('a'));
myEE.prependListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
myEE.emit('foo');
// Prints:
// b
// a
v0.1.101
The name of the event.
-The callback function
Rest ...args: any[]Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName. The
next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.
eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then
event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.once('foo', () => console.log('a'));
myEE.prependOnceListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
myEE.emit('foo');
// Prints:
// b
// a
v0.3.0
The name of the event.
-The callback function
Rest ...args: any[]Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the
event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has
@@ -411,8 +433,6 @@ times.
server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
console.log('someone connected!');
});
Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.
v6.0.0
The name of the event.
-The callback function
Rest ...args: any[]Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time eventName is triggered, this
listener is removed, and then invoked.
server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
});
Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.
v6.0.0
The name of the event.
-The callback function
Rest ...args: any[]Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName,
including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));
// Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
// `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];
// Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
logFnWrapper.listener();
// Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
logFnWrapper();
emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
// Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
// Logs "log persistently" twice
newListeners[0]();
emitter.emit('log');
v9.4.0
Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.
It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code,
particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other
component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).
Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.
v0.1.26
Optional event: string | symbolRemoves the specified listener from the listener array for the event namedeventName.
const callback = (stream) => {
console.log('someone connected!');
};
server.on('connection', callback);
// ...
server.removeListener('connection', callback);
@@ -550,8 +580,6 @@ recently added instance. In the example the once('ping')lis
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
function pong() {
console.log('pong');
}
ee.on('ping', pong);
ee.once('ping', pong);
ee.removeListener('ping', pong);
ee.emit('ping');
ee.emit('ping');
Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.
-
-Since
v0.1.26
once('ping')lis
Rest ...args: any[]By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are
added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding
memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be
modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set toInfinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.
Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.
v0.3.5
Static addExperimental
+Listens once to the abort event on the provided signal.
Listening to the abort event on abort signals is unsafe and may
+lead to resource leaks since another third party with the signal can
+call e.stopImmediatePropagation(). Unfortunately Node.js cannot change
+this since it would violate the web standard. Additionally, the original
+API makes it easy to forget to remove listeners.
This API allows safely using AbortSignals in Node.js APIs by solving these
+two issues by listening to the event such that stopImmediatePropagation does
+not prevent the listener from running.
Returns a disposable so that it may be unsubscribed from more easily.
+import { addAbortListener } from 'node:events';
function example(signal) {
let disposable;
try {
signal.addEventListener('abort', (e) => e.stopImmediatePropagation());
disposable = addAbortListener(signal, (e) => {
// Do something when signal is aborted.
});
} finally {
disposable?.[Symbol.dispose]();
}
}
+that removes the abort listener.
v20.5.0
+Static getStatic getReturns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.
For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .listeners on
@@ -609,8 +685,6 @@ the emitter.
import { getEventListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
{
const ee = new EventEmitter();
const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
ee.on('foo', listener);
console.log(getEventListeners(ee, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}
{
const et = new EventTarget();
const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
et.addEventListener('foo', listener);
console.log(getEventListeners(et, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}
v15.2.0, v14.17.0
Static getReturns the currently set max amount of listeners.
+For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .getMaxListeners on
+the emitter.
For EventTargets this is the only way to get the max event listeners for the
+event target. If the number of event handlers on a single EventTarget exceeds
+the max set, the EventTarget will print a warning.
import { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
{
const ee = new EventEmitter();
console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 10
setMaxListeners(11, ee);
console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 11
}
{
const et = new EventTarget();
console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 10
setMaxListeners(11, et);
console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 11
}
+v19.9.0
+Static listenerStatic listenerA class method that returns the number of listeners for the given eventNameregistered on the given emitter.
import { EventEmitter, listenerCount } from 'node:events';
const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
console.log(listenerCount(myEmitter, 'event'));
// Prints: 2
v0.9.12
- -Since v3.2.0 - Use listenerCount instead.
The emitter to query
-The event name
-Static onStatic onimport { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
// The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
// processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
// if concurrent execution is required.
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here
An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:
import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ac = new AbortController();
(async () => {
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
// The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
// processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
// if concurrent execution is required.
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here
})();
process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());
v13.6.0, v12.16.0
The name of the event being listened for
-Optional options: StaticEventEmitterOptionsthat iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter
Static onceStatic onceCreates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given
event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting.
@@ -705,8 +813,6 @@ special handling:
An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:
import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
const ac = new AbortController();
async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
try {
await once(emitter, event, { signal });
console.log('event emitted!');
} catch (error) {
if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
} else {
console.error('There was an error', error.message);
}
}
}
foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
v11.13.0, v10.16.0
Optional options: StaticEventEmitterOptionsOptional options: StaticEventEmitterOptionsStatic setStatic setimport { setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const target = new EventTarget();
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);
v15.4.0
Optional n: numberA non-negative number. The maximum number of listeners per EventTarget event.
Rest ...eventTargets: (EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget)[]Generated using TypeDoc
Pool events emitter.
-