Events are used to track and log important events happening on your devices. Events can also trigger different types of notifications which can be sent over email, as push notifications to Blynk app, or as SMS.

Examples of an Event:

1. You need to log a moment when a temperature reached a certain threshold and send a notification to selected users.

2. You need to log a total working hours of the device. If it approaches or goes beyond a max value, you would need to notify technical support so that they can replace the device.

Events that happened can be viewed on the device dashboard in web and mobile apps in the Timeline.

1. Create a Template or use an existing one

2. Create Event

Go to Template -> Edit -> Events tab. Note: there are two default events (and they can't be edited): Online and Offline.

Let's create a test event

1. Click Add New Event

2. Name the first event with the name Hello

3. Click Create (the event will appear in the Events tab list)

4. Repeat the previous step for the second event with the name Error

5. Click Save to save and apply the changes made (select Update active device this time)

3. Sending Events

You can test the Event creation by sending it from Device using Blynk.Edgent firmware API, or with REST API.

Use Blynk.logEvent() firmware API.

Blynk.logEvent("event_code", "optional message");

For this tutorial you would need to use hello as a name. Here is a pseudo code:

if (some_condition){
    Blynk.logEvent("hello");
}

Optionally, you can send a custom description with the event. This description will be rendered on Device Timeline.

if (some_condition){
    Blynk.logEvent("hello", "Hello World,") ;
}

Use REST API

1. Navigate to the Device

2. Click on its name

3. Open Device Info tab

4. Find Auth Token there and click on the icon to copy it to the clipboard

Now make an HTTP request with the tools you use for that. Make sure to change the YourAuthToken to the one you copied in the previous step.

You can even use your browser for that. Just put it in the URL field and press Enter.

https://blynk.cloud/external/api/logEvent?token=YourAuthToken&code=hello

Repeat the same with code=error

https://blynk.cloud/external/api/logEvent?token=YourAuthToken&code=error

4. Checking if Event was logged.

First of all, check Device Timeline by going to Device - > Timeline Tab

You should see 2 events on the timeline! If you set up notifications, they should have been delivered as well.