# How can I close persistent http connections?

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-close-persistent-http-connections/56541
**Category:** General
**Tags:** http-request
**Created:** [12 January 2022 15:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-close-persistent-http-connections/56541 "2022-01-12T15:37:24Z")
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### Author: ![the-greenman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/the-greenman/32/54069_2.png) [@the-greenman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/the-greenman)
#### Post date: [12 January 2022 17:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-close-persistent-http-connections/56541/2 "2022-01-12T17:04:41Z")

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I've found the issue.

The Stream is Chunked, but has no end. I need each of the chunks in realtime.

> [@Http request (open connection)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-open-connection/32459):
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> Hi I really need some help with this one. I have a security system I want to do a http request to. It's some kind of a connection that stays open and update the events if I use for example chrome. It's an xml document. I have tried the regular http request node but it does not connect at all. I tried the multipart decoder and it succseeded to get the latest event and then the the node says (no multipart url) and it don't get any more updates if I don't inject it again. Hope you understand what I…

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