docs/compose/reference/events.md

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Usage: events [options] [SERVICE...]

Options:
    --json      Output events as a stream of json objects

Stream container events for every container in the project.

With the --json flag, a json object is printed one per line with the format:

{
    "time": "2015-11-20T18:01:03.615550",
    "type": "container",
    "action": "create",
    "id": "213cf7...5fc39a",
    "service": "web",
    "attributes": {
        "name": "application_web_1",
        "image": "alpine:edge"
    }
}

The events that can be received using this can be seen here.