Create an Event

In this code snippet you learn how to create an Event.

Example

Ensure the following variables are set to your required values using any convenient method:

Key	Description
`CONVERSATION_ID`	The ID of the Conversation.
`MEMBER_ID`	The unique ID of the Member.

Prerequisites

You will need to use an existing Application that contains a Conversation in order to be able to create an Event. See the Create Conversation code snippet for information on how to create an Application and some sample Conversations.

Write the code

Add the following to create-event.sh:

curl -X "POST" "https://api.nexmo.com/v0.3/conversations/$CONVERSATION_ID/events" \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$JWT\
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d $'{
  "type": "text",
  "from": "'$MEMBER_ID'"
}'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash create-event.sh

Prerequisites

npm install @vonage/server-sdk

Create a file named create-event.js and add the following code:

const { Vonage } = require('@vonage/server-sdk');

const vonage = new Vonage({
  applicationId: VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID,
  privateKey: VONAGE_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
});

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Write the code

Add the following to create-event.js:

vonage.conversations.createEvent(
  CONVERSATION_ID,
  {
    'type': 'text',
    'from': MEMBER_ID,
    'body': {
      'text': 'message',
    },
  },
)
  .then((event) => console.log(event))
  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

node create-event.js

Prerequisites

composer require vonage/client

Create a file named create-event.php and add the following code:

use Vonage\Conversation\ConversationObjects\CreateConversationRequest;
use Vonage\Conversation\ConversationObjects\UpdateConversationRequest;

require_once __DIR__ . '../../config.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '../../vendor/autoload.php';

$keypair = new \Vonage\Client\Credentials\Keypair(
    file_get_contents(VONAGE_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH),
    VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID
);

$client = new \Vonage\Client($keypair);

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Write the code

Add the following to create-event.php:

$eventRequest = new \Vonage\Conversation\ConversationObjects\EventRequest(
    CONVERSATION_ID,
    'text',
    MEMBER_ID,
);

$client->conversation()->createEvent($eventRequest);

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

php create-event.php

Try it out

When you run the code you will create a new Event.