Events

Send events to trigger automations.

The events command lets you send events to Loops to trigger automations.

send

Send an event for a contact identified by email or user ID.

loops events send <event> [--flags]

Example:

loops events send signup \
  --email [e-mail]

Flags

Flag	Description
--email	Contact email address (required if --user-id is not provided)
--user-id	Contact user ID (required if --email is not provided)
--props	Path to a JSON file of event properties
--contact-props	Path to a JSON file of contact properties
--list	Mailing list subscription as id=true|false (repeatable)
--idempotency-key	Idempotency key to prevent duplicate sends

Event properties file

Use --props to attach event properties to the event:

event-props.json

{
  "plan": "Pro",
  "trialDays": 14
}

loops events send signup \
  --email [e-mail] \
  --props ./event-props.json