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layout: api
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page_title: Events - HTTP API
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sidebar_title: Events
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description: |-
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The /event endpoints fire new events and to query the available events in
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Consul.
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---
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# Event HTTP Endpoint
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The `/event` endpoints fire new events and to query the available events in
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Consul.
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## Fire Event
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This endpoint triggers a new user event.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| ------ | ------------------- | ------------------ |
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| `PUT` | `/event/fire/:name` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching), and
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[required ACLs](/api#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
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| `NO` | `none` | `none` | `event:write` |
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### Parameters
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- `name` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the name of the event to fire. This
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is specified as part of the URL. This name must not start with an underscore,
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since those are reserved for Consul internally.
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter.
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- `node` `(string: "")` - Specifies a regular expression to filter by node name.
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This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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- `service` `(string: "")` - Specifies a regular expression to filter by service
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name. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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- `tag` `(string: "")` - Specifies a regular expression to filter by tag. This
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is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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### Sample Payload
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The body contents are opaque to Consul and become the "payload" that is passed
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onto the receiver of the event.
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```text
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit...
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```
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--request PUT \
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--data @payload \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/event/fire/my-event
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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{
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"ID": "b54fe110-7af5-cafc-d1fb-afc8ba432b1c",
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"Name": "deploy",
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"Payload": null,
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"NodeFilter": "",
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"ServiceFilter": "",
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"TagFilter": "",
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"Version": 1,
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"LTime": 0
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}
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```
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- `ID` is a unique identifier the newly fired event
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## List Events
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This endpoint returns the most recent events (up to 256) known by the agent. As a
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consequence of how the [event command](/docs/commands/event) works, each
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agent may have a different view of the events. Events are broadcast using the
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[gossip protocol](/docs/internals/gossip), so they have no global ordering
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nor do they make a promise of delivery.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| ------ | ------------- | ------------------ |
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| `GET` | `/event/list` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching), and
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[required ACLs](/api#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------ |
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| `YES` | `none` | `none` | `event:read` |
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### Parameters
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- `name` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the name of the event to filter.
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This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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- `node` `(string: "")` - Specifies a regular expression to filter by node name.
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This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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- `service` `(string: "")` - Specifies a regular expression to filter by service
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name. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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- `tag` `(string: "")` - Specifies a regular expression to filter by tag. This
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is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/event/list
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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[
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{
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"ID": "b54fe110-7af5-cafc-d1fb-afc8ba432b1c",
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"Name": "deploy",
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"Payload": "MTYwOTAzMA==",
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"NodeFilter": "",
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"ServiceFilter": "",
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"TagFilter": "",
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"Version": 1,
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"LTime": 19
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}
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]
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```
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### Caveat
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The semantics of this endpoint's blocking queries are slightly different. Most
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blocking queries provide a monotonic index and block until a newer index is
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available. This can be supported as a consequence of the total ordering of the
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[consensus protocol](/docs/internals/consensus). With gossip, there is no
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ordering, and instead `X-Consul-Index` maps to the newest event that matches the
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query.
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In practice, this means the index is only useful when used against a single
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agent and has no meaning globally. Because Consul defines the index as being
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opaque, clients should not be expecting a natural ordering either.
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