# AWS - Generate Event Creates sample Lambda function payloads for different types of events. ```bash serverless generate-event --type eventType ``` ## Options - `--type` or `-t` The type of the event to generate payload for. **Required**. - `--body` or `-b` The body for the message, request, or stream event. ## Available event types - aws:alexaSkill - aws:alexaSmartHome - aws:apiGateway - aws:cloudWatch - aws:cloudWatchLog - aws:cognitoUserPool - aws:dynamo - aws:iot - aws:kinesis - aws:s3 - aws:sns - aws:sqs - aws:websocket ## Examples ### Generate SQS event payload ```bash serverless generate-event -t aws:sqs ``` ### Generate Kinesis event payload with body ```bash serverless generate-event -t aws:kinesis -b '{"foo": "bar"}' ``` ### Generate SQS event and save it to a file ```bash serverless generate-event -t aws:sqs > event.json ```