onerror

Summary

An event listener to be called when an error occurs. Receives an event named "error".

Property of apis/websocket/WebSocketapis/websocket/WebSocket

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = element.onerror;

Return Value

Returns an object of type

EventHandler

Examples

socket.onerror = function(event) {
  // handle error event
};

An equivalent “onerror” event handler that uses the addEventListener() method.

socket.addEventListener("error", function(event) {
  // handle error event
});

Related specifications

W3C WebSocket Specification

W3C Candidate Recommendation

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article