Get an Event

In this code snippet you learn how to get 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.
`EVENT_ID`	The unique ID of the Event

Prerequisites

You will need to use an existing Application that contains a Conversation in order to be able to create an Event and then retrieve details for one. 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 get-event.sh:

curl "https://api.nexmo.com/v0.3/conversations/$CONVERSATION_ID/events/$EVENT_ID" \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$JWT\
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash get-event.sh

Prerequisites

npm install @vonage/server-sdk

Create a file named get-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 get-event.js:

vonage.conversations.getEvent(CONVERSATION_ID, EVENT_ID)
  .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 get-event.js

Prerequisites

composer require vonage/client

Create a file named get-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 get-event.php:

$client->conversation()->getEventById(EVENT_ID, CONVERSATION_ID);

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

php get-event.php

Try it out

When you run the code you will get the specified Event.