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:

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash create-event.sh

Prerequisites

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_PRIVATE_KEY,
});

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Write the code

Add the following to create-event.js:

vonage.conversations.createEvent(
  CONV_ID,
  {
    'type': CONV_EVENT_TYPE,
    'from': CONV_EVENT_FROM,
    '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

Add the following to build.gradle:

Create a class named CreateEvent and add the following code to the main method:

VonageClient client = VonageClient.builder()
        .applicationId(VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID)
        .privateKeyPath(VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH)
        .build();

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the CreateEvent class:

var event = client.getConversationsClient().createEvent(
        CONV_ID, MessageEvent.builder(MessageType.TEXT)
                .from(CONV_MEMBER_ID)
                .text("Hello World!")
                .build()
);
System.out.println(event);

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.conversation with the package containing CreateEvent:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.conversation.CreateEvent

Prerequisites

Create a file named CreateEvent.cs and add the following code:

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Add the following to CreateEvent.cs:

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Write the code

Add the following to CreateEvent.cs:

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Prerequisites

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

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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.