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# Get events
 Receives bot events in Polling mode



`Function GetEvents(Val Token, Val LastID, Val Timeout = 0) Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
  | LastID | --last | String, Number | ID of the last event processed before this event |
  | Timeout | --timeout | String, Number | Connection hold time for Long Polling |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from VK Teams

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:::tip
Method at API documentation: [GET /events/get](https://teams.vk.com/botapi/#/events/get_events_get)
:::
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```bsl title="Code example"
    Token  = "001.3501506236.091...";
    LastID = 0;

    For N = 1 To 5 Do // In real work - endless loop

        Result = OPI_VKTeams.GetEvents(Token, LastID, 3);

        Events = Result["events"];

        // Event handling...

        If Not Events.Count() = 0 Then

            LastID = Events[Events.UBound()]["eventId"];

        EndIf;

    EndDo;
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint vkteams GetEvents --token "001.3501506236.091..." --last "Events[Events.UBound()][eventId]" --timeout %timeout%

```

```json title="Result"
{
 "events": [],
 "ok": true
}
```
