# The Event object

### The Event object

```json
{
  "id": "evt_test_65RCjj4EqW1sabcjs2Z16RCMoNQdSQkOWvfL6L5uU2K40u",
  "object": "v2.core.event",
  "context": null,
  "created": "2024-09-26T17:46:22.134Z",
  "data": {
    "developer_message_summary": "There is 1 invalid event",
    "reason": {
      "error_count": 1,
      "error_types": [
        {
          "code": "meter_event_no_customer_defined",
          "error_count": 1,
          "sample_errors": [
            {
              "error_message": "Customer mapping key stripe_customer_id not found in payload.",
              "request": {
                "identifier": "cb447754-6880-45c2-8f2f-ef19b6ce81e9"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "validation_end": "2024-09-26T17:46:20.000Z",
    "validation_start": "2024-09-26T17:46:10.000Z"
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "reason": null,
  "related_object": {
    "id": "mtr_test_61RCjiqdTDC91zgip41IqPCzPnxqqSVc",
    "type": "billing.meter",
    "url": "/v1/billing/meters/mtr_test_61RCjiqdTDC91zgip41IqPCzPnxqqSVc"
  },
  "type": "v1.billing.meter.error_report_triggered"
}
```

## Attributes

- `id` (string)
  Unique identifier for the event.

- `object` (string, value is "v2.core.event")
  String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value of the object field.

- `changes` (object, nullable)
  Before and after changes for the primary related object.

- `context` (string, nullable)
  Authentication context needed to fetch the event or related object.

- `created` (timestamp)
  Time at which the object was created.

- `data` (object, nullable)
  Additional data about the event.

- `livemode` (boolean)
  Has the value `true` if the object exists in live mode or the value `false` if the object exists in test mode.

- [`reason`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/v2/core/events/object.md?query=reason) (object, nullable)
  Reason for the event.

- [`related_object`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/v2/core/events/object.md?query=related_object) (object, nullable)
  Object containing the reference to API resource relevant to the event.

- `type` (string)
  The type of the event.