# API to manually trigger an event

**URL:** <https://forum.genieacs.com/t/api-to-manually-trigger-an-event/2303>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/api-to-manually-trigger-an-event/2303 "2022-01-05T10:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![techgenie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@techgenie](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/techgenie)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/api-to-manually-trigger-an-event/2303/1 "2022-01-05T10:00:24Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to manually trigger an event like 2 PERIODIC or 0 BOOT etc for genieacs?  
I know I can make use of simulator but interested to know if any api exists to trigger an event.

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**Author:** ![akcoder](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/akcoder/32/11_2.png) [@akcoder](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/akcoder)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/api-to-manually-trigger-an-event/2303/2 "2022-01-05T18:51:16Z")

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What would the purpose of this be?