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# Creating a Canvas App Event

The following code example shows how to call the `publish` method to create a canvas app event. If you’re using a namespace, the event name must be prefaced by the namespace. For example, `namespace.eventName`.

<!-- otherprops: set_clipboard -->
```java
Sfdc.canvas(function() {
    sr = JSON.parse('<%=signedRequestJson%>');
    Sfdc.canvas.client.publish(sr.client,
        {name : "mynamespace.statusChanged", payload : {status : 'Completed'}});
});
```

**See Also**  


-   [Implementing Canvas App Events](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-app-events.md)
-   [Creating a Canvas App Event](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-app-event-publish-code-example.md)