**To send a custom event to CloudWatch Events** This example sends a custom event to CloudWatch Events. The event is contained within the putevents.json file:: aws events put-events --entries file://putevents.json Here are the contents of the putevents.json file:: [ { "Source": "com.mycompany.myapp", "Detail": "{ \"key1\": \"value1\", \"key2\": \"value2\" }", "Resources": [ "resource1", "resource2" ], "DetailType": "myDetailType" }, { "Source": "com.mycompany.myapp", "Detail": "{ \"key1\": \"value3\", \"key2\": \"value4\" }", "Resources": [ "resource1", "resource2" ], "DetailType": "myDetailType" } ]