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# emit • AI Agent SDK

> emit: Emit an event.

# emit

Method

> This is a method of the [**ObservabilityHooks**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/ObservabilityHooks.md) class in the [**observability**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/observability.md) module.

Emit an event.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def emit(event_type: EventType, data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]], duration_ms: Optional[float]) -> Any
```

## Parameters

**event\_type** `EventType` *required*

Type of event

**data** `Optional`

Event data

**duration\_ms** `Optional[float]`

Optional duration

### Returns

**Returns** `Any`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `ObservabilityEvent`
* `time.time`
* `handler`
* `logger.warning`

## Used By

* [`ObservabilityHooks.start_execution`](../functions/ObservabilityHooks-start_execution)
* [`ObservabilityHooks.end_execution`](../functions/ObservabilityHooks-end_execution)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/escalation/observability.py#L175)
>
> `praisonaiagents/escalation/observability.py` at line 175


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