Canvas Developer Guide

Getting Started
Using Canvas
Canvas SDK
Referencing the Canvas SDK
Authentication
Getting Context in Your Canvas App
Cross-Domain XHR
Alternatives to Cookies for User Tracking
Resizing a Canvas App
Implementing Canvas App Events
Canvas App Events Considerations
Creating a Canvas App Event
Subscribing to a Canvas App Event
Unsubscribing from a Canvas App Event
Using Streaming API in a Canvas App
Debugging in a Canvas App
Using the <select> Tag in a Canvas App
Canvas Apps and Visualforce Pages
Lightning Component Code Examples
Canvas Apps in a Page Layout or a Mobile Card
Canvas Apps in the Publisher
Canvas Apps in the Chatter Feed
Canvas in the Salesforce Mobile App
Customizing Your App Lifecycle
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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.