# IotEventsAction


Sends an AWS IoT Events input, passing in information about the detector model instance and the event that triggered the action.

## Contents


 ** inputName **   <a name="iotevents-Type-IotEventsAction-inputName"></a>
The name of the AWS IoT Events input where the data is sent.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$`   
Required: Yes

 ** payload **   <a name="iotevents-Type-IotEventsAction-payload"></a>
You can configure the action payload when you send a message to an AWS IoT Events input.  
Type: [Payload](API_Payload.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iotevents-2018-07-27/IotEventsAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iotevents-2018-07-27/IotEventsAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iotevents-2018-07-27/IotEventsAction)