# Network Events

Events are messages that are sent within the WiFi Motion environment, and are often synonymous with notifications or alerts.  Some examples of event categories are Device, Link, Motion, Scene, System, and User events.

## Network event history

 - [GET /network/{network_id}/events/history](https://docs.cognitivesystems.com/assets/specs/api/core/network-events/geteventshistory.md): Retrieve a list of events.

## Event creation

 - [POST /network/{network_id}/events/create](https://docs.cognitivesystems.com/assets/specs/api/core/network-events/createevent.md): Creates a new event, which must have all fields in the event schema populated. Note that the tag attribute will be ignored if provided.  Tags can be applied after the event has been created.

## Event tagging

 - [POST /network/{network_id}/events/tag](https://docs.cognitivesystems.com/assets/specs/api/core/network-events/tagevent.md): Adds a string based tag to an event. Tags greater than 10 characters are truncated.