# Creating Events

Discord.js and Klasa contain a large number of events that can trigger under certain situations. You can listen to those events and run a function every time they are emitted in a bot.

# Your first Event

To create an event:

1. Head to your addon folder and create a new folder called events.
2. Inside the events folder, create a new file called welcome.js.

Once you are done, the structure should look like this:

.
└── my-first-addon
    ├── events
    │   └── welcome.js
    ├── index.js
    └── package.json

3. Open welcome.js and type in this code:

const { Event } = require("@botbind/klasa");

module.exports = class extends Event {
  constructor(...args) {
    super(...args, {
      event: "GuildMemberAdd"
    });
  }
  run(member) {
    member.send("hello!");
  }
};

Here we are importing the Event class and exporting a new Event. In this example, we are listening for GuildMemberAdd. That means whenever a new member joins the server, this will send them a DM.

# Event Options

Here all the options at once, you only have to add whichever ones you need to change:

const { Event } = require("@botbind/klasa");

module.exports = class extends Event {
  constructor(...args) {
    super(...args, {
      name: "yourEventName",
      event: "theEventToListenTo",
      emitter: this.client,
      enabled: true,
      once: false
    });
  }

  run(...params) {
    return;
  }
};

# Event Types