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# Events

## Chathive.widget.on

Subscribes to emitted events, which are described below.\
This function returns a subscription id that can be used to unsubscribe.

```typescript
Chathive.widget.on(eventName, () => void);
```

## Chathive.widget.off

Unsubscribes from emitted events, which are described below.

```typescript
Chathive.widget.off(subscriptionId);
```

## Events list

<table><thead><tr><th width="232">Event name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>widget.init</td><td>Widget has been initialised and is ready to be used</td></tr><tr><td>widget.opened</td><td>Widget is opened</td></tr><tr><td>widget.closed</td><td>Widget is closed</td></tr><tr><td>message.inbound</td><td>New message is received.<br><em>Messages are send partially and need to be reconstructed</em></td></tr><tr><td>message.outbound</td><td>Message is send by the user</td></tr><tr><td>tool.called</td><td>Event is emitted when ever a tool is called or ended</td></tr><tr><td>tool.custom.event</td><td>Event is emitted when ever your custom event emitter tool is called</td></tr><tr><td>typing.started</td><td>Is typing is triggered by the agent</td></tr><tr><td>typing.stopped</td><td>Is typing stopped</td></tr></tbody></table>


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