---
title: "TriggerClient: sendEvent() instance method"
sidebarTitle: "sendEvent()"
description: "The `sendEvent()` instance method send an event that triggers any Jobs that are listening for that event (based on the name)."
---

You can call this function from anywhere in your backend to send an event. The other way to send an event is by using [io.sendEvent()](/sdk/io/sendevent) from inside a `run()` function.

Use [eventTrigger()](/sdk/eventtrigger) on a Job to listen for events.

For multiple events, use [client.sendEvents()](/sdk/triggerclient/instancemethods/sendevents) instead.

## Parameters

<Snippet file="send-event-params.mdx" />

## Returns

<Snippet file="send-event-return.mdx" />

<RequestExample>

```ts Simple example with a payload
const event = client.sendEvent({
  name: "new.user",
  payload: {
    userId: "u_1234567890",
  },
});
```

```ts Send an event with an ID
const event = client.sendEvent({
  id: "e_1234567890", // You can use this to deduplicate events
  name: "new.user",
  payload: {
    userId: "u_1234567890",
  },
});
```

```ts Send an event to be delivered later
const event = client.sendEvent(
  {
    id: "e_1234567890", // You can use this to deduplicate events
    name: "new.user",
    payload: {
      userId: "u_1234567890",
    },
  },
  {
    deliverAt: new Date("2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
  }
);
```

</RequestExample>