# Send events

You can send events with `MBAutomation` liike this:

```dart
MBAutomation.sendEvent('EVENT_NAME');
```

You can specify 2 more parameters, both optional: `name` a name that will be displayed in the MBurger dashboard and a map of additional `metadata` to specifymore fields of the event

```dart
MBAutomation.sendEvent(
  'purchase',
  name: "PURCHASE",
  metadata: {"quantity": 1},
);
```

Events are saved in a local database and sent to the server every 10 seconds, you can change the frequency setting the `eventsTimerTime` property.