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=External Initiators=
[https://docs.chain.link/chainlink-nodes/external-initiators/building-external-initiators/ Official Chainlink Docs for External Initiators]

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==Example Details for the Document==
To help get a better understanding of how external initiators work, we will run through an example in the doc.

The example is writing three pieces of information on-chain; two strings and an uint.

'''String 01:'''  <code>FeedName</code>

'''String 02:'''  <code>FeedID</code>

'''Uint:'''  <code>1234567.89</code>

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==Create External Initiator==
In order to create an external initiator, we need to get access to the Chainlink command line (CLI)

We'll accomplish this by entering into our Chainlink docker container

<code>docker exec -it $CHAINLINK_CONTAINER_NAME /bin.bash</code>

You will be prompted to log in.

Your login credentials are the same email address and password combination you use to login to the web UI

Once authenticated, we can create our external initiator.

<code>chainlink initiators create $EXTERNAL_INITIATOR_NAME $EXTERNAL_INITIATOR_URL</code>

In the above example command, the <code>$EXTERNAL_INITIATOR_NAME</code> would be whatever you want it to be.

*Whatever name you give it, will appear as the name in the database, so I recommend you name it something specific to the job.