connect-sse-test.js

var path    = require('path');
var http    = require('http');
var express = require('express');
var assert  = require('assert');

app = express();

app.configure('development', function () {
  app.use(express.errorHandler());
  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
});

app.get('/event-test', function (request, response) {
  response.json({type: "event", message: "test"});
});

var server = http.createServer(app);
server.listen(9877, function () {
  var req = http.get("http://localhost:9877/event-test", function(resp) {
    assert.strictEqual(resp.statusCode, 200);
    server.close();
  });
});